Summary: <p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px;">In 1264 when De Montfort set out from London he would have been conscious that this was a last throw; after losses to the Royalists in the midlands his only chance was a decisive victory. Lewes gave him that victory, and opened a remarkable period in England's history, a period of constitutional monarchy. </span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=MmkZWEu5NYU:FHu6BKOXe5Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=MmkZWEu5NYU:FHu6BKOXe5Y:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=MmkZWEu5NYU:FHu6BKOXe5Y:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></a> </div>
