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...dead, then who better to take as companions than Thomas à Becket; Pope Adrian IV, the only Englishman to occupy the papal chair; and Walter de Merton, the founder of Merton College, Oxford? At the site of London's Merton Priory, one can walk with kings, queens, Simon de Montfort, William Morris and even Lord Nelson. Services are still held annually in the Chapter House remains of the marvelous Augustinian Priory, which outshone the 12th century church of St. Bartholomew the Great in size and influence for 500 years. Smithfield may be marvelous, but Merton Priory is monumental and moving...
...Mississippi did that from the start. In the spring and summer of 1768, Montfort Browne, Lieutenant Governor of Florida, made his way along the lower Mississippi to the area of "the Natches," where he found "the most charming prospects in the world." By the mid-1770s, colonial explorers were following rivers everywhere into the country. They came from central and western New York by way of the Ohio; from Maryland and Virginia by way of the Tennessee; from western North Carolina through gaps and passes in the Appalachians to the Tennessee and Mississippi valleys, along river routes hundreds of miles...
...first constitutional landmark dates back to King John's acceptance at Runnymede in 1215 of Magna Carta, which established limits on the power of the monarch. The House of Commons, which together with the House of Lords makes up Parliament, has its origins in Simon de Montfort's first gathering of commoners in 1265. Another prominent date is 1689, when Parliament passed a Bill of Rights guaranteeing freedom of elections and parliamentary debate...
DIED. Jean Monnet, 90, eminent French statesman; near Montfort-1'Amaury , France (see WORLD...
...only Europeans with ancient scores to settle. Belgium's Dutch-speaking Flemings and French-speaking Walloons regularly take their differences to the streets. In the French city of Toulouse not long ago, TIME Correspondent Paul Ress got into a discussion about the brutal crusade led by Simon de Montfort, a northern baron, against the Catharist "heretics" of the Midi during the 13th century. The Toulousains seemed amiable, but Ress was told next day that they "didn't like you, though. They took you for a friend of Simon de Montfort...