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> [“the commons put forward an exceedingly detailed and comprehensive petition regarding the labour system. It resulted in the statute which made communities responsible for providing for poor people and itinerant labour-seekers, and so established the precedent which remained the basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/the-commons-put-forward-an-exceedingly-detailed-and-comprehensive/)

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## More by Ian Mortimer

> [“You might be offered oatcakes as well as bread (especially in the north). If these do not tempt you, consider eating "horse-bread." This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/you-might-be-offered-oatcakes-as-well-as-bread-especially-in-the/)

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> [W. H. Auden once suggested that to understand your own country you need to have lived in at least two others. One can say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/w-h-auden-once-suggested-that-to-understand-your-own-country-you-need/)

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> [“You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make a diagnosis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/you-might-find-it-alarming-to-think-that-your-doctor-will-not/)

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> [“the commons put forward an exceedingly detailed and comprehensive petition regarding the labour system. It resulted in the statute which made communities responsible for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/the-commons-put-forward-an-exceedingly-detailed-and-comprehensive/)

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> [“The last day I was here, in eighteen forty-three, was the only time since the plague when we were not at war.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/the-last-day-i-was-here-in-eighteen-forty-three-was-the-only-time/)

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> [Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/justice-is-a-relative-concept-in-all-ages-the-fourteenth-century-is/)

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> [“There's so much beauty in the world, don't close your eyes to it just because you've lost your own small patch of happiness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/there-s-so-much-beauty-in-the-world-don-t-close-your-eyes-to-it-just/)

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> [“As a result of the Archery Act of 1542… Every man must shoot at the butts on every holy day, and parishes are to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/as-a-result-of-the-archery-act-of-1542-every-man-must-shoot-at-the/)

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> [“In Elizabethan England you will only find small codpieces. Large ones, stuffed with wool and looking like an erect male member, are out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/in-elizabethan-england-you-will-only-find-small-codpieces-large-ones/)

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> [“As soon as Gaveston and Edward met they became great friends. Gaveston was witty, rude and enormously entertaining, with a Gascon accent and moreover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/as-soon-as-gaveston-and-edward-met-they-became-great-friends-gaveston/)

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> [“So much dung, filth, and entrails of dead beasts and other corruptions is cast into ditches, rivers and other waterways, and many other places,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/so-much-dung-filth-and-entrails-of-dead-beasts-and-other-corruptions/)

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> [“In parts of the country you will come across superstitious practices, such as lowering a infant with whooping cough into a cesspit and holding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/in-parts-of-the-country-you-will-come-across-superstitious-practices/)

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> [“While the traditional image of knights in armour is accurate and widely accepted, the equally representative image of knights wearing corsets and suspender belts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/while-the-traditional-image-of-knights-in-armour-is-accurate-and/)

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> [“If we wish to understand our own place on earth, we must seek to understand those who have gone on before us. We must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/if-we-wish-to-understand-our-own-place-on-earth-we-must-seek-to/)

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> [Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and in so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mortimer/our-view-of-history-diminishes-the-reality-of-the-past-we-concentrate/)

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