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... duke of their own nation , if not of their own election ; and for many ages they were distinguished by their original character among the na- tions of Germany . " The success of Charlemagne on the eastern frontier of his empire against ...
... duke of their own nation , if not of their own election ; and for many ages they were distinguished by their original character among the na- tions of Germany . " The success of Charlemagne on the eastern frontier of his empire against ...
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... Duke of Normandy , to whom Brittany did homage ; the Duke of Burgundy , on whom the Count of Nivernois seems to have depended ; the Duke of Aquitaine , whose territory , though less than the an- cient kingdom of that name , comprehended ...
... Duke of Normandy , to whom Brittany did homage ; the Duke of Burgundy , on whom the Count of Nivernois seems to have depended ; the Duke of Aquitaine , whose territory , though less than the an- cient kingdom of that name , comprehended ...
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... duke of Burgundy . Louis VI . ( le Gros ) , king , 1108-1137 . Louis VII . ( le Jeune ) , king , 1137-1180 . Philip II . ( Augustus ) , king 1180-1223 . Louis VIII . , king , 1223-1226 . Louis IX . ( St. Louis ) , king , 1226-1270 . 1 ...
... duke of Burgundy . Louis VI . ( le Gros ) , king , 1108-1137 . Louis VII . ( le Jeune ) , king , 1137-1180 . Philip II . ( Augustus ) , king 1180-1223 . Louis VIII . , king , 1223-1226 . Louis IX . ( St. Louis ) , king , 1226-1270 . 1 ...
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... Duke of Normandy could not come without the King of England ; nor would the barons of that country permit their sovereign to run the risk of death or imprison- ment . What of that , my lord bishop ? cried Philip . It is well known that ...
... Duke of Normandy could not come without the King of England ; nor would the barons of that country permit their sovereign to run the risk of death or imprison- ment . What of that , my lord bishop ? cried Philip . It is well known that ...
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... Duke of Burgun- dy , uncle of the princess Jane , Louis's daughter , by which her eventual rights to the succession were to be regulated . It was agreed that , in case the queen should be delivered of a daughter , these two princesses ...
... Duke of Burgun- dy , uncle of the princess Jane , Louis's daughter , by which her eventual rights to the succession were to be regulated . It was agreed that , in case the queen should be delivered of a daughter , these two princesses ...
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Page 443 - Moreover, we have granted for us and our heirs, as well to archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, and other folk of holy Church, as also to earls, barons, and to all the commonalty of the land, that for no business from henceforth...
Page 518 - As the head of a body natural cannot change its nerves and sinews, cannot deny to the several parts their proper energy, their due proportion and aliment of blood; neither can a king, who is the head of a body politic, change the laws thereof, nor take from the people what is theirs, by right, against their consent.
Page 456 - But in the very second year of the son's reign they granted the twenty-fifth penny of their goods, '• upon this condition, that the king should take advice and grant redress upon certain articles wherein they are aggrieved.
Page 424 - Whether courts of justice framed the writ of Habeas Corpus in conformity to the spirit of this clause, or found it already in their register, it became from that era the right of every subject to demand it.
Page 418 - From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it. Fines were received for the king's help against the adverse suitor; that is, for perversion of justice, or for delay. Sometimes they were paid by opposite parties, and, of course, for opposite ends.