History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... established . This fact is , assuredly , neither an accident , nor the symptom of a transient madness . It has certainly its roots in the past political career of the nations , as it has its motives in their present condition . And if ...
... established . This fact is , assuredly , neither an accident , nor the symptom of a transient madness . It has certainly its roots in the past political career of the nations , as it has its motives in their present condition . And if ...
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... established itself . We shall inquire if it has in reality existed at times and in places where we have been ... establishing themselves on the Roman soil , carried thither with them their liberty , but none of those institutions by ...
... established itself . We shall inquire if it has in reality existed at times and in places where we have been ... establishing themselves on the Roman soil , carried thither with them their liberty , but none of those institutions by ...
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... established , imperial despotism began to feel the precariousness of its position , and the necessity for organization . Diocletian created a vast system of administration . Throughout this immense machine , he established underworks in ...
... established , imperial despotism began to feel the precariousness of its position , and the necessity for organization . Diocletian created a vast system of administration . Throughout this immense machine , he established underworks in ...
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... established by force , whilst others received the partial assent of the emperors . In 409 , the Vandals , Alans , and Suevi , after having ravaged Gaul , and crossed the Pyrenees , founded by armed force , in Spain , three monarchies ...
... established by force , whilst others received the partial assent of the emperors . In 409 , the Vandals , Alans , and Suevi , after having ravaged Gaul , and crossed the Pyrenees , founded by armed force , in Spain , three monarchies ...
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... established on the Continent as well as in England , after the conquest by William of Normandy , consisted essentially in the simul- taneous hierarchy of lands and persons . Such were not the rudiments of feudalism discernible among the ...
... established on the Continent as well as in England , after the conquest by William of Normandy , consisted essentially in the simul- taneous hierarchy of lands and persons . Such were not the rudiments of feudalism discernible among the ...
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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.