History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... Charlemagne . — Epoch of transition . - Reigns of Louis the Débonnair and Charles the Bald . - Norman invasions . - The last Carlovingians . - Accession of Hugh Capet LECTURE XII . Ancient institutions of the Franks . - They are more ...
... Charlemagne . — Epoch of transition . - Reigns of Louis the Débonnair and Charles the Bald . - Norman invasions . - The last Carlovingians . - Accession of Hugh Capet LECTURE XII . Ancient institutions of the Franks . - They are more ...
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... Charlemagne . - Apparent revival of free institu- tions . Individual independence and social liberty . — Organi- zation of monarchical power under Charlemagne . - His active surveillance over his vassals and agents . - Rapid decline of ...
... Charlemagne . - Apparent revival of free institu- tions . Individual independence and social liberty . — Organi- zation of monarchical power under Charlemagne . - His active surveillance over his vassals and agents . - Rapid decline of ...
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... Charlemagne and Louis the Debonnair , positively obtaining the consent of the assembly of barons to the division of their states among their children . Facts are not so clear and authentic under the Merovingians . However , as the ...
... Charlemagne and Louis the Debonnair , positively obtaining the consent of the assembly of barons to the division of their states among their children . Facts are not so clear and authentic under the Merovingians . However , as the ...
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... Charlemagne . - Epoch of transition . Reigns of Louis the Debonnair and Charles the Bald . - Norman invasions . The last Carlovingians . - Accession of Hugh Capet . I HAVE sketched the general progress of events in Frankish Gaul , under ...
... Charlemagne . - Epoch of transition . Reigns of Louis the Debonnair and Charles the Bald . - Norman invasions . The last Carlovingians . - Accession of Hugh Capet . I HAVE sketched the general progress of events in Frankish Gaul , under ...
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... Charlemagne , affairs presented quite another aspect , and assumed a contrary direction . In pro- portion as a tendency to the centralization , either of the different states among themselves , or of the internal power of each state ...
... Charlemagne , affairs presented quite another aspect , and assumed a contrary direction . In pro- portion as a tendency to the centralization , either of the different states among themselves , or of the internal power of each state ...
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