Select Historical Documents of the Middle AgesErnest Flagg Henderson G. Bell and sons, 1896 - 477 pages |
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... Manner of holding Parliament ( fourteenth century ) 151 XI . Statute of Labourers ( 1349 A.D. ) . BOOK II . THE EMPIRE . Introductory Chapter 165 169 No. I. The Salic Law ( c . 496 A.D. ) 176 II . Capitulary of the Emperor Charlemagne ...
... Manner of holding Parliament ( fourteenth century ) 151 XI . Statute of Labourers ( 1349 A.D. ) . BOOK II . THE EMPIRE . Introductory Chapter 165 169 No. I. The Salic Law ( c . 496 A.D. ) 176 II . Capitulary of the Emperor Charlemagne ...
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... Manner of holding Parliament . describes this document as a " somewhat ideal description of the constitution of parliament in the middle of the fourteenth century . " Its value consists in its undoubted antiquity , for it is found ...
... Manner of holding Parliament . describes this document as a " somewhat ideal description of the constitution of parliament in the middle of the fourteenth century . " Its value consists in its undoubted antiquity , for it is found ...
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... manner the affair will there be carried on . And if the clerk shall be convicted , or shall confess , the church ought not to protect him further . § 4. It is not lawful for archbishops , bishops , and per- sons of the kingdom to go out ...
... manner the affair will there be carried on . And if the clerk shall be convicted , or shall confess , the church ought not to protect him further . § 4. It is not lawful for archbishops , bishops , and per- sons of the kingdom to go out ...
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... manner of acquiring may be or may seem to be , those who are officially deputed to look after the revenues should be none the more remiss in caring for them . But in the matter of collecting , guarding , and distributing them , careful ...
... manner of acquiring may be or may seem to be , those who are officially deputed to look after the revenues should be none the more remiss in caring for them . But in the matter of collecting , guarding , and distributing them , careful ...
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... Disciple . What is the exchequer ? Master . The exchequer is a quadrangular surface about ten feet in length , five in breadth , placed before those who sit around it in the manner of a table , DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE EXCHEQUER . 23.
... Disciple . What is the exchequer ? Master . The exchequer is a quadrangular surface about ten feet in length , five in breadth , placed before those who sit around it in the manner of a table , DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE EXCHEQUER . 23.
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