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... clergy of Gaul were stren- uously attached to the Catholic side , and , even before his conversion , had favored the arms of Clovis . They now be- came his most zealous supporters , and were rewarded by him with artful gratitude , and ...
... clergy of Gaul were stren- uously attached to the Catholic side , and , even before his conversion , had favored the arms of Clovis . They now be- came his most zealous supporters , and were rewarded by him with artful gratitude , and ...
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... , and an oath of fidelity was taken by the clergy and people . But the appellation of Emperor See NOTE VI . , " The Subjection of the Saxons . " seemed to place his authority over all his subjects on 14 CHAP . I. PART L CHARLEMAGNE .
... , and an oath of fidelity was taken by the clergy and people . But the appellation of Emperor See NOTE VI . , " The Subjection of the Saxons . " seemed to place his authority over all his subjects on 14 CHAP . I. PART L CHARLEMAGNE .
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... clergy ; and his son was perhaps still more vigilant in chastising their irreg- ularities , and reforming their rules of discipline . But to this , which they had been compelled to bear at the hands of the first , it was not equally ...
... clergy ; and his son was perhaps still more vigilant in chastising their irreg- ularities , and reforming their rules of discipline . But to this , which they had been compelled to bear at the hands of the first , it was not equally ...
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... clergy , the inferior nobility , and the inhabit- arts of chartered towns . Thus the supremacy of the crown became a familiar idea ; but the perfect integrity of St. Louis wore away all distrust , and accustomed even the most jeal- ous ...
... clergy , the inferior nobility , and the inhabit- arts of chartered towns . Thus the supremacy of the crown became a familiar idea ; but the perfect integrity of St. Louis wore away all distrust , and accustomed even the most jeal- ous ...
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... clergy , the Parliament , vying - with the populace in their invectives against Charles , whom they now styled only pretended ( soi - disant ) dauphin . Philip , son of the assassinated duke , who , with all the popularity and much of ...
... clergy , the Parliament , vying - with the populace in their invectives against Charles , whom they now styled only pretended ( soi - disant ) dauphin . Philip , son of the assassinated duke , who , with all the popularity and much of ...
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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.