History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 38
Page xviii
... electoral system in England in the fourteenth century . - Characteristics of the elections . - Examination of the principle of direct or indirect election LECTURE XVII . Origin of the division of the English Parliament into two Houses ...
... electoral system in England in the fourteenth century . - Characteristics of the elections . - Examination of the principle of direct or indirect election LECTURE XVII . Origin of the division of the English Parliament into two Houses ...
Page 264
... system subjects this power to the variableness of election . And the electoral power itself is not absolute , for it is confined to the choice of the men who shall have a share in the government . It is , moreover , the character of that ...
... system subjects this power to the variableness of election . And the electoral power itself is not absolute , for it is confined to the choice of the men who shall have a share in the government . It is , moreover , the character of that ...
Page 366
... electoral system of England . There remain to the present day towns of considerable importance which send no deputies to the House of Commons ; and these abuses arise from the fact that the elections of towns and boroughs have never ...
... electoral system of England . There remain to the present day towns of considerable importance which send no deputies to the House of Commons ; and these abuses arise from the fact that the elections of towns and boroughs have never ...
Page 377
... elections in boroughs and towns . - Voting in public . WE have seen how county and borough deputies were introduced into ... electoral system , if we may be allowed to give this name to a collection of isolated customs and institutions ...
... elections in boroughs and towns . - Voting in public . WE have seen how county and borough deputies were introduced into ... electoral system , if we may be allowed to give this name to a collection of isolated customs and institutions ...
Page 384
... system of representation . These facts in no way prove that the vassals of the barons took no part in the election of the county members ; all that they indicate is that the collection of the members ' salaries was very arbi- trary ...
... system of representation . These facts in no way prove that the vassals of the barons took no part in the election of the county members ; all that they indicate is that the collection of the members ' salaries was very arbi- trary ...
Contents
281 | |
295 | |
302 | |
319 | |
325 | |
334 | |
350 | |
353 | |
103 | |
109 | |
116 | |
124 | |
132 | |
141 | |
148 | |
154 | |
163 | |
177 | |
193 | |
206 | |
215 | |
229 | |
257 | |
270 | |
359 | |
368 | |
377 | |
388 | |
401 | |
418 | |
425 | |
448 | |
454 | |
463 | |
476 | |
484 | |
494 | |
509 | |
527 | |
528 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absolute power affairs allodial ancient appointed aristocracy assembly Austrasia authority Barbarian barons became become belonged benefices bishops boroughs central century character Charlemagne Charles Martel Charles the Bald charters Chindasuinth citizens civil clergy Commons condition conquest consent constituted convocation councils of Toledo county-courts court crown curia deliberation deputies despotism ecclesiastical Edward III election electoral system empire England epoch established Euric exercise existed facts force Frankish Franks freeholders Gaul granted guarantees Henry Henry III House House of Peers idea importance individual influence institutions interests justice king king's kingdom knights lands legislation legitimate Leudes liberty lords ment Merovingians monarchy nation nature necessity Norman origin Parliament Pepin period persons petitions political possessed present principle proprietors reason regard reign of Edward relations representative government result Roman royal power Salian Franks Saxons sheriffs social society sovereignty tion towns vassals Visigoths Wittenagemot writs
Popular passages
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.