History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... Anglo - Saxons . - The Wittenagemot ; its com- position , and the principle on which it was based . - Increasing preponderance of the large landowners in the Anglo - Saxon monarchy · Page 41 LECTURE V. The Wittenagemot ; its business ...
... Anglo - Saxons . - The Wittenagemot ; its com- position , and the principle on which it was based . - Increasing preponderance of the large landowners in the Anglo - Saxon monarchy · Page 41 LECTURE V. The Wittenagemot ; its business ...
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... Anglo - Saxon institutions . - Effects of the Norman Conquest upon Anglo - Saxon institutions . - Effects of the Conquest upon Nor- man institutions . — Causes which made the Norman Conquest 257 270 xvi CONTENTS . favourable to the ...
... Anglo - Saxon institutions . - Effects of the Norman Conquest upon Anglo - Saxon institutions . - Effects of the Conquest upon Nor- man institutions . — Causes which made the Norman Conquest 257 270 xvi CONTENTS . favourable to the ...
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... Anglo - Saxons , they never ceased ; year after year , they occurred to perpetuate ancient recollections , and to exert a direct influence upon the government . It was , then , among the Anglo - Saxons , that , from the fifth to the ...
... Anglo - Saxons , they never ceased ; year after year , they occurred to perpetuate ancient recollections , and to exert a direct influence upon the government . It was , then , among the Anglo - Saxons , that , from the fifth to the ...
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... Saxon laws ; on this account , he is still respected in England as a national legis- lator . But the collection of laws which now exists under his name was not made by him ; that which ... ANGLO - SAXON INSTITUTIONS . LECTURE III . Subject.
... Saxon laws ; on this account , he is still respected in England as a national legis- lator . But the collection of laws which now exists under his name was not made by him ; that which ... ANGLO - SAXON INSTITUTIONS . LECTURE III . Subject.
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François Guizot. 32 ANGLO - SAXON INSTITUTIONS . LECTURE III . Subject of the lecture . - A knowledge of the state of ... Anglo - Saxons . - Thanes and Ceorls . - Central and local institutions . - Predominance of the latter among the ...
François Guizot. 32 ANGLO - SAXON INSTITUTIONS . LECTURE III . Subject of the lecture . - A knowledge of the state of ... Anglo - Saxons . - Thanes and Ceorls . - Central and local institutions . - Predominance of the latter among 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.