History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... principle on which it was based . - Increasing preponderance of the large landowners in the Anglo - Saxon monarchy · Page 41 LECTURE V. The Wittenagemot ; its business and power . - Method of its con- vocation . - Vicissitudes of its ...
... principle on which it was based . - Increasing preponderance of the large landowners in the Anglo - Saxon monarchy · Page 41 LECTURE V. The Wittenagemot ; its business and power . - Method of its con- vocation . - Vicissitudes of its ...
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... principle . - The condition of lands not always correspon- dent with that of persons.- Variable and unsettled character of social conditions . - Slavery . - Attempt to determine the cordi tion of persons according to the Wehrgeld ...
... principle . - The condition of lands not always correspon- dent with that of persons.- Variable and unsettled character of social conditions . - Slavery . - Attempt to determine the cordi tion of persons according to the Wehrgeld ...
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... principle and essential characteristics of repre- sentative government . - Existence of this principle and these characteristics in England at all times LECTURE II . · Sketch of the History of England , from William the Conqueror to ...
... principle and essential characteristics of repre- sentative government . - Existence of this principle and these characteristics in England at all times LECTURE II . · Sketch of the History of England , from William the Conqueror to ...
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... principle of representation with that of individual sovereignty . -Erroneousness of the idea that the sovereignty belongs to the majority . True idea of representation . 334 LECTURE XI . • Formation of a Parliament . - Introduction of ...
... principle of representation with that of individual sovereignty . -Erroneousness of the idea that the sovereignty belongs to the majority . True idea of representation . 334 LECTURE XI . • Formation of a Parliament . - Introduction of ...
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... principle of direct or indirect election LECTURE XVII . Origin of the division of the English Parliament into two Houses . -Its original constitution . - Reproduction of the classifications of society in the Parliament . — Causes which ...
... principle of direct or indirect election LECTURE XVII . Origin of the division of the English Parliament into two Houses . -Its original constitution . - Reproduction of the classifications of society in the Parliament . — Causes which ...
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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.