History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... period has man allowed them to be proscribed . Take in succession all the moral needs , all the legitimate interests of our society , arrange them in systematic order , and then traverse the history of our country ; -you will find them ...
... period has man allowed them to be proscribed . Take in succession all the moral needs , all the legitimate interests of our society , arrange them in systematic order , and then traverse the history of our country ; -you will find them ...
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... period , or entirely trans- formed ; among 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 ...
... period , or entirely trans- formed ; among 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 ...
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... period that the Danes and Normans made their way into England : they long contested the possession of the country with the Saxons ; and , at the accession of Alfred , the last new - comers held sway almost all over the land . You are ...
... period that the Danes and Normans made their way into England : they long contested the possession of the country with the Saxons ; and , at the accession of Alfred , the last new - comers held sway almost all over the land . You are ...
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... period , we must first understand what was the state of persons in that country at that period ; for words are very deceptive . History , when speaking of the English nation or the Spanish nation , comprises under that name all the ...
... period , we must first understand what was the state of persons in that country at that period ; for words are very deceptive . History , when speaking of the English nation or the Spanish nation , comprises under that name all the ...
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... period , feudalism received a more complete development ; from the hierarchy of persons proceeded that of lands , and the latter soon predominated over the former . But this result was not manifested until after the Norman conquest ...
... period , feudalism received a more complete development ; from the hierarchy of persons proceeded that of lands , and the latter soon predominated over the former . But this result was not manifested until after the Norman conquest ...
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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.