History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... assembly , and the royal office . Tacitus has described to you the general assemblies of the ancient Germans . At those meetings , nothing was decided without the consent of every freeman . Each individual possessed and exercised his ...
... assembly , and the royal office . Tacitus has described to you the general assemblies of the ancient Germans . At those meetings , nothing was decided without the consent of every freeman . Each individual possessed and exercised his ...
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... assembly went thither , and went in person . No proxies were allowed . No one was per- mitted to enter the assembly in any name but his own . When we come to treat of the principles of representative government , we shall see that the ...
... assembly went thither , and went in person . No proxies were allowed . No one was per- mitted to enter the assembly in any name but his own . When we come to treat of the principles of representative government , we shall see that the ...
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... assembly of the Anglo- Saxons , it now remains for us to speak of its attributes and method of convocation . In the ... assemblies . We must not suppose that the obliga- tion of military service is coeval only with feudalism ; inde ...
... assembly of the Anglo- Saxons , it now remains for us to speak of its attributes and method of convocation . In the ... assemblies . We must not suppose that the obliga- tion of military service is coeval only with feudalism ; inde ...
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... assembly , that such matters fell under its cognizance also . As the right of coining money did not belong exclusively to the king , but was also possessed by the church and by many powerful subjects , the Wittenagemot had the oversight ...
... assembly , that such matters fell under its cognizance also . As the right of coining money did not belong exclusively to the king , but was also possessed by the church and by many powerful subjects , the Wittenagemot had the oversight ...
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... assembly . In France , although the clergy formed a part of the national assemblies , they treated of their own affairs as a separate body , and communicated directly with the king . In England , ecclesiastical matters , like all other ...
... assembly . In France , although the clergy formed a part of the national assemblies , they treated of their own affairs as a separate body , and communicated directly with the king . In England , ecclesiastical matters , like all other ...
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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.