History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... kingdom . - Difference between its attributes and its actual power at these two epochs . - Absorption of almost the entire government by the Crown ; gradual resumption of its influence by the Parliament LECTURE XX . Condition and ...
... kingdom . - Difference between its attributes and its actual power at these two epochs . - Absorption of almost the entire government by the Crown ; gradual resumption of its influence by the Parliament LECTURE XX . Condition and ...
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... kingdom . - Their resistance of the influence of the Pope , and of the national clergy , in temporal affairs . First efforts of the Commons to repress abuses at elections . - First traces of function of Committees of both Houses to ...
... kingdom . - Their resistance of the influence of the Pope , and of the national clergy , in temporal affairs . First efforts of the Commons to repress abuses at elections . - First traces of function of Committees of both Houses to ...
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François Guizot. FOUNDATION OF BARBARIAN KINGDOMS . 27 Franks into Auvergne . A band of Alans took up their resi ... kingdom of Aquitaine ; and entered by the north - east into Spain , where they settled , after having destroyed the ...
François Guizot. FOUNDATION OF BARBARIAN KINGDOMS . 27 Franks into Auvergne . A band of Alans took up their resi ... kingdom of Aquitaine ; and entered by the north - east into Spain , where they settled , after having destroyed the ...
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... kingdoms of Sussex , Wessex , Essex , Northumber- land ( or Bernicia and Deira ) , East Anglia , and Mercia . This division ... kingdom , after a protracted struggle . Restored thus to his throne , Alfred laid the foundation of English ...
... kingdoms of Sussex , Wessex , Essex , Northumber- land ( or Bernicia and Deira ) , East Anglia , and Mercia . This division ... kingdom , after a protracted struggle . Restored thus to his throne , Alfred laid the foundation of English ...
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... kingdom , and he only awaited the king's death to take possession of the crown . Edward died , Harold naturally succeeded to throne . No one in England contested his usurpation . But William the Bastard , Duke of Normandy , one of his ...
... kingdom , and he only awaited the king's death to take possession of the crown . Edward died , Harold naturally succeeded to throne . No one in England contested his usurpation . But William the Bastard , Duke of Normandy , one of his ...
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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.