History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... SPAIN , FROM THE FIFTH TO THE ELEVENTH CENTURY . LECTURE I. Page Simultaneous development of history and civilization . - Two errors in our method of considering the past ; proud disdain , or super- stitious admiration . - Historic ...
... SPAIN , FROM THE FIFTH TO THE ELEVENTH CENTURY . LECTURE I. Page Simultaneous development of history and civilization . - Two errors in our method of considering the past ; proud disdain , or super- stitious admiration . - Historic ...
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... Spain under the Visigoths . - Condition of Spain under the Roman empire . - Settlement of the Visigoths in the south - west of Gaul . - Euric's collection of the laws of the Visigoths - Alaric's collection of the laws of the Roman ...
... Spain under the Visigoths . - Condition of Spain under the Roman empire . - Settlement of the Visigoths in the south - west of Gaul . - Euric's collection of the laws of the Visigoths - Alaric's collection of the laws of the Roman ...
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... SPAIN , FROM THE FIFTH TO THE ELEVENTH CENTURY . LECTURE I. Simultaneous development of history and civilization . - Two errors in our method of considering the past ; proud disdain , or super- stitious admiration . - Historic ...
... SPAIN , FROM THE FIFTH TO THE ELEVENTH CENTURY . LECTURE I. Simultaneous development of history and civilization . - Two errors in our method of considering the past ; proud disdain , or super- stitious admiration . - Historic ...
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... Spain , Portugal , Germany and Sweden , supply us with numerous illustrations of this . If we look to one quarter we shall see these attempts after they have lasted for some time , and assumed an historical consistency ; in another ...
... Spain , Portugal , Germany and Sweden , supply us with numerous illustrations of this . If we look to one quarter we shall see these attempts after they have lasted for some time , and assumed an historical consistency ; in another ...
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... Spain , will supply us with abundant materials for our undertaking . In these countries we shall study poli- tical institutions under the different phases and in the various epochs which I have just exhibited before you . There we shall ...
... Spain , will supply us with abundant materials for our undertaking . In these countries we shall study poli- tical institutions under the different phases and in the various epochs which I have just exhibited before you . There we shall ...
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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.