Original sentence: A medieval king could not be expected to work towards the future ideal of a parliamentary monarchy; rather his role was a pragmatic one—to maintain order and solve problems as they arose.Later biographers of the king such as Mark Ormrod and Ian Mortimer have followed this historiographical trend.McFarlane, who argued that this was not only the common policy of the age, but also the best.Much has been made of Edward's sexual licentiousness, but there is no evidence of any infidelity on the king's part before Alice Perrers became his lover, and, by that time, the queen was already terminally ill.This claim was rejected by K
Edited sentence: It could not be expected that a medieval king should be working towards the future ideal of a parliamentary monarchy; rather his role was a pragmatic one—to maintain order and solve problems as they arose.Later biographers of the king—such as Mark Ormrod and Ian Mortimer—have followed this historiographical trend.McFarlane, who pointed out that this was not only the common policy of the age, but also the best.Much has been made of Edward's sexual licentiousness, but it should be noted that there is no evidence of any infidelity on the king's part before Alice Perrers became his lover, and, by that time, the queen was already terminally ill.The absurdity of this charge was shown by K