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... Emperor ... VIII . The Kingdom of Burgundy . IX . Authorities for French History . .... II . ON THE FEUDAL SYSTEM ... EMPERORS TO THE INVASION OF NAPLES BY CHARLES VIII .: PART I. PART II . NOTE TO CHAPTER III . 73 76 96 823 145 146 146 ...
... Emperor ... VIII . The Kingdom of Burgundy . IX . Authorities for French History . .... II . ON THE FEUDAL SYSTEM ... EMPERORS TO THE INVASION OF NAPLES BY CHARLES VIII .: PART I. PART II . NOTE TO CHAPTER III . 73 76 96 823 145 146 146 ...
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... Emperor . 7. His Character . § 8. Louis the Debonair . § 9. His Successors . $ 10 . Remarke upon the Carlovingian Period . § 11. Calamitous State of the Empire in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries . § 12. The Hungarians . § 13. The Normans ...
... Emperor . 7. His Character . § 8. Louis the Debonair . § 9. His Successors . $ 10 . Remarke upon the Carlovingian Period . § 11. Calamitous State of the Empire in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries . § 12. The Hungarians . § 13. The Normans ...
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... Emperor of Constantino- ple , was not too proud to confer upon Clovis the titles of consul and patrician , which he was too prudent to refuse . " §3 . Clovis was the founder of the MEROVINGIAN dynasty . But the history of this period is ...
... Emperor of Constantino- ple , was not too proud to confer upon Clovis the titles of consul and patrician , which he was too prudent to refuse . " §3 . Clovis was the founder of the MEROVINGIAN dynasty . But the history of this period is ...
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... emperors , and fixed at Ravenna . In Rome itself nei- ther the people nor the bishops , who had already conceived in part ... Emperor , Constantine Copronymus , would have kept Rome still faithful . But having no hope from his arms , and ...
... emperors , and fixed at Ravenna . In Rome itself nei- ther the people nor the bishops , who had already conceived in part ... Emperor , Constantine Copronymus , would have kept Rome still faithful . But having no hope from his arms , and ...
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... 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 .
... 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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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.