History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... 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 . Necessary correlation and ...
... 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 . Necessary correlation and ...
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... True character of their power . The Pepin family . - Charles Martel . - Fall of the Mero- vingians . 82 86 LECTURE XI . General character of events under the Carlovingian Empire.— Reign of Pepin the Short . - Reign of Charlemagne ...
... True character of their power . The Pepin family . - Charles Martel . - Fall of the Mero- vingians . 82 86 LECTURE XI . General character of events under the Carlovingian Empire.— Reign of Pepin the Short . - Reign of Charlemagne ...
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... the Wehrgeld . - Table of twenty - one principal cases of Wehrgeld . - Uncertainty of this principle.- The true method of ascertaining the condition of persons • 132 CONTENTS . LECTURE XVII . Of the Leudes or Antrustions.
... the Wehrgeld . - Table of twenty - one principal cases of Wehrgeld . - Uncertainty of this principle.- The true method of ascertaining the condition of persons • 132 CONTENTS . LECTURE XVII . Of the Leudes or Antrustions.
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... true representative government in France , from the fifth to the tenth century LECTURE XXII . Political institutions of the Visigoths . - Peculiar character of Visi- gothic legislation . - Its authors and its influences . - Destruction ...
... true representative government in France , from the fifth to the tenth century LECTURE XXII . Political institutions of the Visigoths . - Peculiar character of Visi- gothic legislation . - Its authors and its influences . - Destruction ...
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... True character of the Councils of Toledo . - Amount of their political influence . -The Officium palatinum . - Prevalence of Roman maxims and institutions , among the Goths , over Germanic traditions . - Proof of this in the local and ...
... True character of the Councils of Toledo . - Amount of their political influence . -The Officium palatinum . - Prevalence of Roman maxims and institutions , among the Goths , over Germanic traditions . - Proof of this in the local and ...
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