A History of Europe During the Middle Ages, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, Paternoster Row, and John Taylor, Upper Gower Street, 1833 |
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... Tribunals Fortunes of the House of Austria ; Ultimate Acquisition of Bohemia and Hungary IV . GERMANIC JURISPRUDENCE · 117 119 121 The Country anciently governed by its Unwritten Usages 121 The Germanic Tribes successively adopt or ...
... Tribunals Fortunes of the House of Austria ; Ultimate Acquisition of Bohemia and Hungary IV . GERMANIC JURISPRUDENCE · 117 119 121 The Country anciently governed by its Unwritten Usages 121 The Germanic Tribes successively adopt or ...
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... tribunals . Another great cause of the royal power may be found in the gradual approximation of the Frank to the Roman jurisprudence . The conquerors found that , if their code of laws had been sufficient for their governance in their ...
... tribunals . Another great cause of the royal power may be found in the gradual approximation of the Frank to the Roman jurisprudence . The conquerors found that , if their code of laws had been sufficient for their governance in their ...
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... tribunals in cases even of life and death ; and to these tribunals both the clergy and laity of their metropolis were subject . The system , how- ever , was not perfected under the Merovingian kings : it was not until the time of the ...
... tribunals in cases even of life and death ; and to these tribunals both the clergy and laity of their metropolis were subject . The system , how- ever , was not perfected under the Merovingian kings : it was not until the time of the ...
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... tribunal , -that of the count , vicar , centuary , or échevin , according to the nature of the charge : if a great functionary , whether civil or military , he could be tried only by the assembled states . The Carlovingian princes had ...
... tribunal , -that of the count , vicar , centuary , or échevin , according to the nature of the charge : if a great functionary , whether civil or military , he could be tried only by the assembled states . The Carlovingian princes had ...
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... tribunals ; but neither could decide , in other than trivial cases , without the pleasure of the emperor . The clergy had their own local tribunals annexed to every cathedral , where the bishop was the judge . The lay tribunals were ...
... tribunals ; but neither could decide , in other than trivial cases , without the pleasure of the emperor . The clergy had their own local tribunals annexed to every cathedral , where the bishop was the judge . The lay tribunals were ...
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Page 206 - For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say , Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child ; and they shall not escape.
Page 206 - And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Page 205 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...
Page 305 - The Goths make the sun feminine and the moon masculine. This is natural in a cold climate. Among savages every male is a foe, every female a friend. Displeasing and unwelcome objects, therefore, are, in their IanWho, in spite of shower and sleet, Rides the road her mother rode.
Page 241 - ... suffer, we shall reign ;' if we 'confess him before men, he will confess us before his Father in heaven;' if we be not ashamed of his Gospel now, he will not be ashamed of us in the last day, but will be glorified in us, crowning us with crowns of glory and endless felicity: for 'blessed are they that suffer persecution for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 315 - T is well to keep One's armure on ; 'T is well to keep One's sword at hand." Now it was seen How duly Hakon Hnd paid his offerings ; For the lesser gods All came to welcome The guest of Valhalla. " Hallowed be the day, Praised the year, When a king is born Whom the gods love ! By him, his time And his land shall be known " The wolf Fenrir, Freed from the chain, Shall range the earth, Ere on this shore His like shall rule. " Wealth is wasted, Kinsmen are mortal, Kingdoms are parted : But Hakon remains...
Page 110 - Cologne; the king of Bohemia, the Count Palatine, the duke of Saxony, and the margrave of Brandenburg.
Page 299 - F ve wander'd, much sojourn'd, . In the kingdoms of the earth ; But Vafthruni's royal hall I have still the 'wish to know. FRIGA. Safe departure, safe return, May the fatal sisters* grant ! The father of the years that roll Shield my daring traveller's head ! Odin rose with speed, and went To contend in runic lore With the wise and crafty Jute. To Vafthruni's royal hall Came the mighty king of spells. ODIN. Hail Vafthruni, king of men, To thy lofty hall I come Beckon'd...
Page 300 - ... just renown ? Know that to thy parting step Never shall these doors unfold, If thy tongue excel not mine In the strife of mystic lore. " ODIN. Gangrath*, monarch, is my name. Needing hospitality, To thy palace-gate I come ; Long and rugged is the way Which my weary feet have trodden.
Page 304 - Within the hollow of his hands To the water-giant grew Both a male and female seed : Also foot with foot begat A son in whom the Jute might joy.