History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... cause . I endeavoured to explain the origin and principles of representative government , as I had at- tempted to practise it . How shall I speak , at the present day , of bad fortune and reverse , in reference to 1820 ? What shall we ...
... cause . I endeavoured to explain the origin and principles of representative government , as I had at- tempted to practise it . How shall I speak , at the present day , of bad fortune and reverse , in reference to 1820 ? What shall we ...
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... conditions . - State of persons among the Anglo Saxons . - Thanes and Ceorls . - Central and local institutions.— Predominance of the latter among the Anglo - Saxons . - Its cause · 23 32 viii PREFACE . If I should apply , at the.
... conditions . - State of persons among the Anglo Saxons . - Thanes and Ceorls . - Central and local institutions.— Predominance of the latter among the Anglo - Saxons . - Its cause · 23 32 viii PREFACE . If I should apply , at the.
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... cause and limits . It was made a general obligation by Charlemagne . — Allodial lands were origi- nally exempt from taxation . - Origin of benefices . - Change in the position of the German chiefs in consequence of their terri- torial ...
... cause and limits . It was made a general obligation by Charlemagne . — Allodial lands were origi- nally exempt from taxation . - Origin of benefices . - Change in the position of the German chiefs in consequence of their terri- torial ...
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... Cause of this predominance . -Character of feudalism . No trace of true representative government in France , from the fifth to the tenth century LECTURE XXII . Political institutions of the Visigoths . - Peculiar character of Visi ...
... Cause of this predominance . -Character of feudalism . No trace of true representative government in France , from the fifth to the tenth century LECTURE XXII . Political institutions of the Visigoths . - Peculiar character of Visi ...
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... Causes which led the representa- tives of counties to separate from the barons , and coalesce with the ... Cause of the division of the British Parliament into two Houses . - Derivation of this division from the fundamental ...
... Causes which led the representa- tives of counties to separate from the barons , and coalesce with the ... Cause of the division of the British Parliament into two Houses . - Derivation of this division from the fundamental ...
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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.