History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... 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 difficult of study ...
... 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 difficult of study ...
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... epoch royalty . - Causes of the progress of royalty , and of the principle of hereditary succession among the Franks . Influence of the clergy . 148 154 LECTURE XX . National assemblies of the Franks ; their primitive character , and ...
... epoch royalty . - Causes of the progress of royalty , and of the principle of hereditary succession among the Franks . Influence of the clergy . 148 154 LECTURE XX . National assemblies of the Franks ; their primitive character , and ...
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... epoch . * The second epoch is that of the feudal system . Three essential characteristics belong to it ; 1st . The reduction of the mass of the people to slavery or a condition bordering thereon : 2nd . The hierarchical and federative ...
... epoch . * The second epoch is that of the feudal system . Three essential characteristics belong to it ; 1st . The reduction of the mass of the people to slavery or a condition bordering thereon : 2nd . The hierarchical and federative ...
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... epoch . The feudal lord , already possessed of royal power , aspired after royal dignity . A portion of the inhabitants of the territory , having regained somewhat of the power they had lost , longed to become free . The feudal ...
... epoch . The feudal lord , already possessed of royal power , aspired after royal dignity . A portion of the inhabitants of the territory , having regained somewhat of the power they had lost , longed to become free . The feudal ...
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... so far as it relates to England . The first epoch , which shows us the German people establishing themselves on Roman soil - the struggle of their primitive institutions , or rather of LIMITS OF THE INQUIRY . 17 their customs and habits.
... so far as it relates to England . The first epoch , which shows us the German people establishing themselves on Roman soil - the struggle of their primitive institutions , or rather of LIMITS OF THE INQUIRY . 17 their customs and habits.
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