History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... Reign of Pepin the Short . - Reign of Charlemagne . — Epoch of transition . - Reigns of Louis the Débonnair and Charles the Bald . - Norman invasions . - The last Carlovingians . - Accession of Hugh Capet LECTURE XII . Ancient ...
... Reign of Pepin the Short . - Reign of Charlemagne . — Epoch of transition . - Reigns of Louis the Débonnair and Charles the Bald . - Norman invasions . - The last Carlovingians . - Accession of Hugh Capet LECTURE XII . Ancient ...
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... reign of Edward I. -Political conflict follows civil war . The king frequently violates the Charters , especially in the matter of imposts . - The barons resist energetically . Edward gives a definitive confir- mation to the Charters ...
... reign of Edward I. -Political conflict follows civil war . The king frequently violates the Charters , especially in the matter of imposts . - The barons resist energetically . Edward gives a definitive confir- mation to the Charters ...
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... reign is an era in English legislation . Alfred is a glorious instance of a truth exemplified by Gustavus Vasa and Henry IV . of France in later times , namely , that the greatest princes are those who , though born to the throne , are ...
... reign is an era in English legislation . Alfred is a glorious instance of a truth exemplified by Gustavus Vasa and Henry IV . of France in later times , namely , that the greatest princes are those who , though born to the throne , are ...
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... reign ; but he found it already in existence , and did nothing more than arrange it in a written code . He did not , then , originate this division of territory , which appears to be based upon the ecclesiastical partition of the ...
... reign ; but he found it already in existence , and did nothing more than arrange it in a written code . He did not , then , originate this division of territory , which appears to be based upon the ecclesiastical partition of the ...
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... Reign of Pepin the Short . - Reign of Charlemagne . - Epoch of transition . Reigns of Louis the Debonnair and Charles the Bald . - Norman invasions . The last Carlovingians . - Accession of Hugh Capet . I HAVE sketched the general ...
... Reign of Pepin the Short . - Reign of Charlemagne . - Epoch of transition . Reigns of Louis the Debonnair and Charles the Bald . - Norman invasions . The last Carlovingians . - Accession of Hugh Capet . I HAVE sketched the general ...
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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.