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... considered as Roman . But as their al- legiance had not been very strict , so their loss was not very severely felt ; since Anastasius , the Emperor of Constantino- ple , was not too proud to confer upon Clovis the titles of consul and ...
... considered as Roman . But as their al- legiance had not been very strict , so their loss was not very severely felt ; since Anastasius , the Emperor of Constantino- ple , was not too proud to confer upon Clovis the titles of consul and ...
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... considered as appertaining to France till the twelfth century . But the most tedious and difficult achievement of Charle- magne was the reduction of the Saxons . The wars with this nation , who occupied nearly the modern circles of ...
... considered as appertaining to France till the twelfth century . But the most tedious and difficult achievement of Charle- magne was the reduction of the Saxons . The wars with this nation , who occupied nearly the modern circles of ...
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... considered themselves as only called upon to resist foreign invasion , were harassed by endless expeditions , and dragged away to the Baltic Sea , or the banks of the Drave . Many of them , as we learn from his Capitularies , became ec ...
... considered themselves as only called upon to resist foreign invasion , were harassed by endless expeditions , and dragged away to the Baltic Sea , or the banks of the Drave . Many of them , as we learn from his Capitularies , became ec ...
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... considered as the manifest design of Providence . But if it were lawful to interpret the will of Providence by events , few undertakings have been more branded by its disapprobation than the Crusades . So many crimes and so much misery ...
... considered as the manifest design of Providence . But if it were lawful to interpret the will of Providence by events , few undertakings have been more branded by its disapprobation than the Crusades . So many crimes and so much misery ...
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... considered as nearly equal , we may remark this difference , that Philip the Fair , who was desti- tute of military talents , gained those ends by dissimulation which his predecessor had reached by force . The duchy of Guienne , though ...
... considered as nearly equal , we may remark this difference , that Philip the Fair , who was desti- tute of military talents , gained those ends by dissimulation which his predecessor had reached by force . The duchy of Guienne , though ...
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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.