History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... inhabitants of the territory , having regained somewhat of the power they had lost , longed to become free . The feudal aristocracy was attacked on the one hand by the enfranchisement of the townsmen and tenants , on the other hand by ...
... inhabitants of the territory , having regained somewhat of the power they had lost , longed to become free . The feudal aristocracy was attacked on the one hand by the enfranchisement of the townsmen and tenants , on the other hand by ...
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... inhabitants of Narbonnese Gaul to elect deputies to meet at Arles , and take upon themselves the government of their country . The Empire had become a body destitute of sap and vigour ; and in order to prolong the life of the trunk , it ...
... inhabitants of Narbonnese Gaul to elect deputies to meet at Arles , and take upon themselves the government of their country . The Empire had become a body destitute of sap and vigour ; and in order to prolong the life of the trunk , it ...
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... inhabitants of the north of Scotland . In 449 , some Saxons from the banks of the Elbe disembarked upon the island . This descent was neither novel nor unforeseen . It was a fact so ancient , that the Roman emperors had appointed a ...
... inhabitants of the north of Scotland . In 449 , some Saxons from the banks of the Elbe disembarked upon the island . This descent was neither novel nor unforeseen . It was a fact so ancient , that the Roman emperors had appointed a ...
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... inhabitants . It is the work of civilization to raise up , from time to time , a greater number of men to take an active part in the great events which agitate the society of which they are members . As civilization advances , it ...
... inhabitants . It is the work of civilization to raise up , from time to time , a greater number of men to take an active part in the great events which agitate the society of which they are members . As civilization advances , it ...
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... inhabitants of the country . It is impossible that so large a proportion of the conquerors should have fallen so quickly into servitude . We may rather feel astonished that they had no landed property in the country , which they had ...
... inhabitants of the country . It is impossible that so large a proportion of the conquerors should have fallen so quickly into servitude . We may rather feel astonished that they had no landed property in the country , which they had ...
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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.