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... persons as they could trust ; and every emperor elected a successor . They likewise subdivided the power of the ... person . It is in its classical sense that the term is applied in this portion of the work . THE BARBARIANS . severe in ...
... persons as they could trust ; and every emperor elected a successor . They likewise subdivided the power of the ... person . It is in its classical sense that the term is applied in this portion of the work . THE BARBARIANS . severe in ...
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... person of simplicity and true grandeur . He was fond of the company of learned men , and invited them from all parts of Europe , forming in his palace a kind of academy . Alcuin , our learned countryman , was his companion and ...
... person of simplicity and true grandeur . He was fond of the company of learned men , and invited them from all parts of Europe , forming in his palace a kind of academy . Alcuin , our learned countryman , was his companion and ...
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... person called a tithing - man , head - borough , or borsholder , presided . Nothing could be more liberal than his plan for the administration of justice . Smaller matters were decided by the borsholder and the decennary , while those ...
... person called a tithing - man , head - borough , or borsholder , presided . Nothing could be more liberal than his plan for the administration of justice . Smaller matters were decided by the borsholder and the decennary , while those ...
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... person with the most exquisite art . The king was captivated ; he caused Athelwold to be assassinated , took Elfrida to court , and made her his wife ( 973 ) . Edgar com- muted the tribute of money imposed on the Welsh princes by ...
... person with the most exquisite art . The king was captivated ; he caused Athelwold to be assassinated , took Elfrida to court , and made her his wife ( 973 ) . Edgar com- muted the tribute of money imposed on the Welsh princes by ...
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... person was sacred , his jurisdiction almost unbounded , and he was answerable to the Cortes alone . He had also the singular privilege of administering the coronation oath , in the name of the people ; and it became an established maxim ...
... person was sacred , his jurisdiction almost unbounded , and he was answerable to the Cortes alone . He had also the singular privilege of administering the coronation oath , in the name of the people ; and it became an established maxim ...
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