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... John not only took possession of his brother's domin- ions , but confirmed his usurpation by the murder , as was very probably surmised , of the heir , Philip , artfully taking advantage of the general indignation , summoned him as his ...
... John not only took possession of his brother's domin- ions , but confirmed his usurpation by the murder , as was very probably surmised , of the heir , Philip , artfully taking advantage of the general indignation , summoned him as his ...
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... John , duke of Berry . CHARLES VI . ( le Bien - aimé ) , king , 1350-1422 Isabella of Bavaria . Philip , duke of Burgundy , ob . 1404 . Jean Sanspeur , assassinated at Monterean , 1419 . Louis , duke of Orleans , assassinated at Paris ...
... John , duke of Berry . CHARLES VI . ( le Bien - aimé ) , king , 1350-1422 Isabella of Bavaria . Philip , duke of Burgundy , ob . 1404 . Jean Sanspeur , assassinated at Monterean , 1419 . Louis , duke of Orleans , assassinated at Paris ...
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... John his son , showed but poorly in comparison with their illustrious enemies . Yet they both had considerable virtues ; they were brave , just , liberal ; and the latter , in particular , of unshaken fidelity to his word . But neither ...
... John his son , showed but poorly in comparison with their illustrious enemies . Yet they both had considerable virtues ; they were brave , just , liberal ; and the latter , in particular , of unshaken fidelity to his word . But neither ...
Page 48
... John or Edward , finding no immediate occupation after the truce of 1357 , scattered themselves over the country in search of pillage . No force existed sufficiently powerful to check these robbers in their career . Undismayed by ...
... John or Edward , finding no immediate occupation after the truce of 1357 , scattered themselves over the country in search of pillage . No force existed sufficiently powerful to check these robbers in their career . Undismayed by ...
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... John , who , as a prisoner , had been no party to the former compact , and who now returned to his dominions .. When the peace of Bretigni was to be carried into effect the nobility of the south remonstrated against the loss of the ...
... John , who , as a prisoner , had been no party to the former compact , and who now returned to his dominions .. When the peace of Bretigni was to be carried into effect the nobility of the south remonstrated against the loss of the ...
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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.