He saw that the early concentration of power in the royal hands prevented the continental type of feudalism from developing in England; with the result that while French nobles were massacring each other, the English people could unite to wrest privileges from the superior power.
Laski highlights De Lolme's understanding of the historical context of power dynamics in England.
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