History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... condition of territorial property , from the sixth to the eleventh century : First , diffe- rent conditions of territorial property ; Secondly , the individual dependence of territorial property ; Thirdly , the stationary con- dition of ...
... condition of territorial property , from the sixth to the eleventh century : First , diffe- rent conditions of territorial property ; Secondly , the individual dependence of territorial property ; Thirdly , the stationary con- dition of ...
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... conditions in the Roman Empire , before the final invasion of the Barbarians . - The privileged classes , and curials ... Condition of Spain under the Roman empire . - Settlement of the Visigoths in the south - west of Gaul . - Euric's ...
... conditions in the Roman Empire , before the final invasion of the Barbarians . - The privileged classes , and curials ... Condition of Spain under the Roman empire . - Settlement of the Visigoths in the south - west of Gaul . - Euric's ...
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... condition of servitude , or had submitted to the hierarchical subordination of feudalism . All central power , whether of kings or of ancient national assemblies , had well nigh disappeared ; liberty existed co - ordinately with power ...
... condition of servitude , or had submitted to the hierarchical subordination of feudalism . All central power , whether of kings or of ancient national assemblies , had well nigh disappeared ; liberty existed co - ordinately with power ...
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... conditions have been in a state of perpetual fluctuation ; numerous masses of men have fallen into slavery , while ... condition of persons among the Anglo- Saxons ? Here , as elsewhere , we at first perceive the two great divisions of ...
... conditions have been in a state of perpetual fluctuation ; numerous masses of men have fallen into slavery , while ... condition of persons among the Anglo- Saxons ? Here , as elsewhere , we at first perceive the two great divisions of ...
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... conditions , at the origin of society . Some writers , how- ever , pretend to discover at the outset what time alone can introduce . We meet with no nobility , constituting a supe- rior social condition , with recognized privileges : we ...
... conditions , at the origin of society . Some writers , how- ever , pretend to discover at the outset what time alone can introduce . We meet with no nobility , constituting a supe- rior social condition , with recognized privileges : we ...
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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.