The real object of his attack was that ecclesiastical corruption which belongs to no Church exclusively, and is older than Christianity itself.
-- * Arthur Strong.
-- The main portion of Froude's life for nearly twenty years was occupied with his History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

It is on a large scale, in twelve volumes.

Every chapter bears ample proof of laborious study.

Froude neglected no source of information, and spared himself no pains in pursuit of it.

At the Record Office, in the British Museum, at Hatfield, among the priceless archives preserved in the Spanish village of Simancas, he toiled with unquenchable ardour and unrelenting assiduity.