History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... proprietors usurp the lands adjoining their own , and bestow them as bene- fices on their subordinates ; Thirdly , the conversion of a great number of allodial lands into benefices , by the practice of recom mendation . - Origin and ...
... proprietors usurp the lands adjoining their own , and bestow them as bene- fices on their subordinates ; Thirdly , the conversion of a great number of allodial lands into benefices , by the practice of recom mendation . - Origin and ...
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... proprietors . - Different means of acquiring and retain- ing them . - Obligations of the Leudes . - The Leudes are the origin of the nobility . - Bishops and heads of monasteries were reckoned among the leudes of the king . - Moral and ...
... proprietors . - Different means of acquiring and retain- ing them . - Obligations of the Leudes . - The Leudes are the origin of the nobility . - Bishops and heads of monasteries were reckoned among the leudes of the king . - Moral and ...
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... proprietors , attempted to confirm and extend their power ; but simulta neously with them an aristocracy was formed ... proprietor capable of exercising and defending it ; from whence resulted * On this see Guizot's History of ...
... proprietors , attempted to confirm and extend their power ; but simulta neously with them an aristocracy was formed ... proprietor capable of exercising and defending it ; from whence resulted * On this see Guizot's History of ...
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... proprietors of the soil , which was entirely at their disposal : hence the origin of freehold tenure . The ceorls were men personally free , but possessing no landed property . The thanes were subdivided into two classes ; king's thanes ...
... proprietors of the soil , which was entirely at their disposal : hence the origin of freehold tenure . The ceorls were men personally free , but possessing no landed property . The thanes were subdivided into two classes ; king's thanes ...
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... proprietors . These were called king's thanes , because they belonged to the royal band . But there was nothing to separate them essentially from the other thanes . To be a king's thane , it was necessary to possess about forty or fifty ...
... proprietors . These were called king's thanes , because they belonged to the royal band . But there was nothing to separate them essentially from the other thanes . To be a king's thane , it was necessary to possess about forty or fifty ...
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