History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... Roman Empire . — Early Frankish chieftains . - Clovis : his expeditions , wars , and con- quests . Decisive preponderance of the Franks in Gaul . LECTURE X. xi Page • 76 • Division of territory among the sons of the Frankish kings ...
... Roman Empire . — Early Frankish chieftains . - Clovis : his expeditions , wars , and con- quests . Decisive preponderance of the Franks in Gaul . LECTURE X. xi Page • 76 • Division of territory among the sons of the Frankish kings ...
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François Guizot. xi CONTENTS . ærarium and fiscus of the old Roman republic . - Formation of the private domain of the kings of France . - Character of bene- fices . - Error of Montesquieu on this subject LECTURE XIV . Proofs of the co ...
François Guizot. xi CONTENTS . ærarium and fiscus of the old Roman republic . - Formation of the private domain of the kings of France . - Character of bene- fices . - Error of Montesquieu on this subject LECTURE XIV . Proofs of the co ...
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... Roman empire , at the time of the Barbarian invasion . - History of the Roman municipal system . Three epochs in that history LECTURE XXIII . • Of the various social conditions in the Roman Empire , before the final invasion of the ...
... Roman empire , at the time of the Barbarian invasion . - History of the Roman municipal system . Three epochs in that history LECTURE XXIII . • Of the various social conditions in the Roman Empire , before the final invasion of the ...
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... Roman maxims and institutions , among the Goths , over Germanic traditions . - Proof of this in the local and central institutions of the Visigoths.- Refutation of the errors of Savigny and the Edinburgh Review on this subject ...
... Roman maxims and institutions , among the Goths , over Germanic traditions . - Proof of this in the local and central institutions of the Visigoths.- Refutation of the errors of Savigny and the Edinburgh Review on this subject ...
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... of this Charter by approving ourselves worthy of receiving , and capable of employing , the noble institutions which he has founded . Our gratitude can offer no purer homage . FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 23 LECTURE II .
... of this Charter by approving ourselves worthy of receiving , and capable of employing , the noble institutions which he has founded . Our gratitude can offer no purer homage . FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 23 LECTURE II .
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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.