History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... LECTURE XIV . Proofs of the co - existence of various modes of conferring benefices , from the fifth to the tenth century . Of benefices that were absolutely and arbitrarily revocable . - Of benefices conceded for a limited time ; the ...
... LECTURE XIV . Proofs of the co - existence of various modes of conferring benefices , from the fifth to the tenth century . Of benefices that were absolutely and arbitrarily revocable . - Of benefices conceded for a limited time ; the ...
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... LECTURE XVIII . - Simultaneous existence of three systems of institutions , after the settlement of the Franks in Gaul . Conflict of these three systems . - Summary of this conflict , its vicissitudes , and results . -Its recurrence in ...
... LECTURE XVIII . - Simultaneous existence of three systems of institutions , after the settlement of the Franks in Gaul . Conflict of these three systems . - Summary of this conflict , its vicissitudes , and results . -Its recurrence in ...
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... LECTURE XXII . Political institutions of the Visigoths . - Peculiar character of Visi- gothic legislation . - Its authors and its influences . - Destruction and disappearance of the middle class in the Roman empire , at the time of the ...
... LECTURE XXII . Political institutions of the Visigoths . - Peculiar character of Visi- gothic legislation . - Its authors and its influences . - Destruction and disappearance of the middle class in the Roman empire , at the time of the ...
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... LECTURE I. Subject of the course : the history of the origin and establishment of representative government in Europe.- Different aspects under which history is considered at various epochs.- Poetic history ; philosophic history ...
... LECTURE I. Subject of the course : the history of the origin and establishment of representative government in Europe.- Different aspects under which history is considered at various epochs.- Poetic history ; philosophic history ...
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... LECTURE IV . The English Parliament in the earliest times of the Anglo - Norman Monarchy . Different names given to the King's Great Council . -Its characteristics . - Its constitution . - Opinions of Whigs and Tories on this subject ...
... LECTURE IV . The English Parliament in the earliest times of the Anglo - Norman Monarchy . Different names given to the King's Great Council . -Its characteristics . - Its constitution . - Opinions of Whigs and Tories on this subject ...
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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.