History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... royal power . LECTURE VI . • The true principle of representative government . - Error of classi- fying governments according to their external forms . - Montes- quieu's error with respect to the origin of the representative system ...
... royal power . LECTURE VI . • The true principle of representative government . - Error of classi- fying governments according to their external forms . - Montes- quieu's error with respect to the origin of the representative system ...
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... royal power . - Spirit of association and resist- ance among the great barons . - Commencement of the struggle between these two political forces Page 281 288 295 LECTURE VI . History of English Charters . - Charter of William the ...
... royal power . - Spirit of association and resist- ance among the great barons . - Commencement of the struggle between these two political forces Page 281 288 295 LECTURE VI . History of English Charters . - Charter of William the ...
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... Roses , and under the Tudor dynasty . - Causes of this decadence and of the pro- gress of royal authority , from Henry VII . to Elizabeth.- Conclusion 509 HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE .
... Roses , and under the Tudor dynasty . - Causes of this decadence and of the pro- gress of royal authority , from Henry VII . to Elizabeth.- Conclusion 509 HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE .
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... royal power , aspired after royal dignity . A portion of the inhabitants of the territory , having regained somewhat of the power they had lost , longed to become free . The feudal aristocracy was attacked on the one hand by the ...
... royal power , aspired after royal dignity . A portion of the inhabitants of the territory , having regained somewhat of the power they had lost , longed to become free . The feudal aristocracy was attacked on the one hand by the ...
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... 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 hides of land . * Bishops and abbots were admitted into this class . 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 hides of land . * Bishops and abbots were admitted into this class . 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.