History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... , its government , its philosophy , its litera- ture , indeed everything connected with it , bears this sad impress ; even the minds of its most illustrious citizens were 24 CAUSES OF ITS DECAY . confined to a circle.
... , its government , its philosophy , its litera- ture , indeed everything connected with it , bears this sad impress ; even the minds of its most illustrious citizens were 24 CAUSES OF ITS DECAY . confined to a circle.
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... citizen is bound to present himself for con- scription . The Wittenagemot ordered levies of the land- owners , who , in their turn , convoked the freemen resident on their estates . The Wittenagemot also imposed taxes ; at that period ...
... citizen is bound to present himself for con- scription . The Wittenagemot ordered levies of the land- owners , who , in their turn , convoked the freemen resident on their estates . The Wittenagemot also imposed taxes ; at that period ...
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... citizens , rights which they had allowed to perish , through the want of necessity and capacity . The second of the central institutions of the Anglo- Saxons , was the kingly office . An important fact has distinguished the formation of ...
... citizens , rights which they had allowed to perish , through the want of necessity and capacity . The second of the central institutions of the Anglo- Saxons , was the kingly office . An important fact has distinguished the formation of ...
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... citizen may be convinced that their inquiries have been made with fidelity and intelligence , and that , knowing wherein they are deficient , he may himself have the opportunity , if he has the capacity , to indicate the remedy ...
... citizen may be convinced that their inquiries have been made with fidelity and intelligence , and that , knowing wherein they are deficient , he may himself have the opportunity , if he has the capacity , to indicate the remedy ...
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... citizens even can co - operate , by virtue of the publicity of the debates , and the liberty of the press . I might pursue this idea , and show that all the institu- tions which are regarded as inherent in representative government ...
... citizens even can co - operate , by virtue of the publicity of the debates , and the liberty of the press . I might pursue this idea , and show that all the institu- tions which are regarded as inherent in representative government ...
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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.