History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... became powerful ; - those who were weak lost it and fell under the yoke of the powerful . The kings , at first only the chiefs of warrior bands , and then the first of the great territorial proprietors , attempted to confirm and extend ...
... became powerful ; - those who were weak lost it and fell under the yoke of the powerful . The kings , at first only the chiefs of warrior bands , and then the first of the great territorial proprietors , attempted to confirm and extend ...
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... became sole masters of the country . The Britons were almost extermi- nated ; some of them retired into Cornwall , Wales , and Armorica ; the others were dispersed , or reduced to servi- tude . The Anglo - Saxons , moreover , were less ...
... became sole masters of the country . The Britons were almost extermi- nated ; some of them retired into Cornwall , Wales , and Armorica ; the others were dispersed , or reduced to servi- tude . The Anglo - Saxons , moreover , were less ...
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... became the soc - men of England . Summing up what we have said , we perceive , in the state of persons under the Anglo - Saxon monarchy , one great division into freemen and slaves : and , among the freemen , another 38 LOCAL ...
... became the soc - men of England . Summing up what we have said , we perceive , in the state of persons under the Anglo - Saxon monarchy , one great division into freemen and slaves : and , among the freemen , another 38 LOCAL ...
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... became the first principle of feudalism , which would perhaps have received only a very imperfect development in England , had not William the Conqueror transplanted it to that country in its complete state . The other class of local ...
... became the first principle of feudalism , which would perhaps have received only a very imperfect development in England , had not William the Conqueror transplanted it to that country in its complete state . The other class of local ...
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... became feudal lords themselves . The assemblies of freemen , however , still retained the right of appointing their respective officers . The sheriff was sub- stituted for the alderman , the centenarius merged in the high - constable ...
... became feudal lords themselves . The assemblies of freemen , however , still retained the right of appointing their respective officers . The sheriff was sub- stituted for the alderman , the centenarius merged in the high - constable ...
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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.