History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... relations to the central organization of the State in the Roman Empire and in modern societies . - 171 177 193 LECTURE XXIV . Sketch of the history of Spain under the Visigoths . - Condition of Spain under the Roman empire ...
... relations to the central organization of the State in the Roman Empire and in modern societies . - 171 177 193 LECTURE XXIV . Sketch of the history of Spain under the Visigoths . - Condition of Spain under the Roman empire ...
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... Relations of the county deputies to the great barons . - Parliament of Oxford ( 1258 ) .- Its regulations , termed the Acts of Oxford . - Hesitancy of the county deputies between the great barons and the crown . LECTURE XII . struggle ...
... Relations of the county deputies to the great barons . - Parliament of Oxford ( 1258 ) .- Its regulations , termed the Acts of Oxford . - Hesitancy of the county deputies between the great barons and the crown . LECTURE XII . struggle ...
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... relation , we must find for so large a number of facts , a bond which may unite and harmonize them . This bond exists in the facts themselves - nothing can be less doubtful . Unity and consecutiveness are not lacking in the moral world ...
... relation , we must find for so large a number of facts , a bond which may unite and harmonize them . This bond exists in the facts themselves - nothing can be less doubtful . Unity and consecutiveness are not lacking in the moral world ...
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... relation to one another , and a direct interest for us . The second and the fourth epochs therefore , that is to say , feudalism and absolute power , will occupy us but little . We shall only speak of them so far as a conside- ration of ...
... relation to one another , and a direct interest for us . The second and the fourth epochs therefore , that is to say , feudalism and absolute power , will occupy us but little . We shall only speak of them so far as a conside- ration of ...
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... relations , alleged that Edward had bequeathed the crown to him by will . He crossed the sea to maintain his pretended rights , and , on the 14th of October , 1066 , he gave battle to Harold , at Hastings . Harold was left dead on the ...
... relations , alleged that Edward had bequeathed the crown to him by will . He crossed the sea to maintain his pretended rights , and , on the 14th of October , 1066 , he gave battle to Harold , at Hastings . Harold was left dead on the ...
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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.