History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... from taxation . - Origin of benefices . - Change in the position of the German chiefs in consequence of their terri- torial settlement . Their wealth . - No public treasury . - The 94 103 xi CONTENTS . ærarium and fiscus of the old Roman.
... from taxation . - Origin of benefices . - Change in the position of the German chiefs in consequence of their terri- torial settlement . Their wealth . - No public treasury . - The 94 103 xi CONTENTS . ærarium and fiscus of the old Roman.
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... far as it relates to England . The first epoch , which shows us the German people establishing themselves on Roman soil - the struggle of their primitive institutions , or rather of LIMITS OF THE INQUIRY . 17 their customs and habits.
... far as it relates to England . The first epoch , which shows us the German people establishing themselves on Roman soil - the struggle of their primitive institutions , or rather of LIMITS OF THE INQUIRY . 17 their customs and habits.
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... city , Narbo or Narbonne ; Cæsar calls it simply Provincia , and hence comes the modern name of Provence . Turner's History of the Anglo - Saxons , vol . i . , pp . 180-181 . 26 INVASIONS OF THE GERMANS . the honour of England.
... city , Narbo or Narbonne ; Cæsar calls it simply Provincia , and hence comes the modern name of Provence . Turner's History of the Anglo - Saxons , vol . i . , pp . 180-181 . 26 INVASIONS OF THE GERMANS . the honour of England.
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... Germans . In all ages , their hordes were wont to descend from their forest - fastnesses into coun- tries less wild and more cultivated than their own . Among their early irruptions , the first regarding which we have any precise ...
... Germans . In all ages , their hordes were wont to descend from their forest - fastnesses into coun- tries less wild and more cultivated than their own . Among their early irruptions , the first regarding which we have any precise ...
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... Germans . During the interval which elapsed between the beginning of the fifth and the end of the sixth century , they founded eight great monarchies , some of which were established by force , whilst others received the partial assent ...
... Germans . During the interval which elapsed between the beginning of the fifth and the end of the sixth century , they founded eight great monarchies , some of which were established by force , whilst others received the partial assent ...
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Page 366 - I. Edward, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Guyan, to all those that these present letters shall hear or see, greeting. Know ye that we to the honour of God and of holy Church, and to the profit of our realm, have granted for us and our heirs, that the Charter of Liberties and the Charter of the Forest, which were made by common assent of all the realm, in the time of King Henry our father, shall be kept in every point without breach.