History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... character and importance . - The kingly office among the Anglo - Saxons . - Extent and progress of the royal power . LECTURE VI . • The true principle of representative government . - Error of classi- fying governments according to ...
... character and importance . - The kingly office among the Anglo - Saxons . - Extent and progress of the royal power . LECTURE VI . • The true principle of representative government . - Error of classi- fying governments according to ...
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... Character and authority of their chiefs after their establishment in the Roman Empire . — Early Frankish chieftains ... character of their power . The Pepin family . - Charles Martel . - Fall of the Mero- vingians . 82 86 LECTURE XI ...
... Character and authority of their chiefs after their establishment in the Roman Empire . — Early Frankish chieftains ... character of their power . The Pepin family . - Charles Martel . - Fall of the Mero- vingians . 82 86 LECTURE XI ...
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... Character of bene- fices . - Error of Montesquieu on this subject LECTURE XIV . Proofs of the co - existence of various modes of conferring benefices , from the fifth to the tenth century . Of benefices that were absolutely and ...
... Character of bene- fices . - Error of Montesquieu on this subject LECTURE XIV . Proofs of the co - existence of various modes of conferring benefices , from the fifth to the tenth century . Of benefices that were absolutely and ...
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... 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- gothic legislation . - Its ...
... 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- gothic legislation . - Its ...
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... character have not wearied the resolution of noble men of former times . And thus , while early exercising your minds in all those habits which will prepare man for the duties of an exalted destiny , you will meet with nothing that will ...
... character have not wearied the resolution of noble men of former times . And thus , while early exercising your minds in all those habits which will prepare man for the duties of an exalted destiny , you will meet with nothing that will ...
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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.