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... former the Franks were more numerous , less scattered , and , as far as we can perceive , had a more con- siderable nobility . They had received a less tincture of Ro- man policy . They were nearer to the mother country , which had been ...
... former the Franks were more numerous , less scattered , and , as far as we can perceive , had a more con- siderable nobility . They had received a less tincture of Ro- man policy . They were nearer to the mother country , which had been ...
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... former by that of Robert the Brave , through its valiant descendants , Eudes , Robert , and Hugh Capet . But though the differences of origin and lan- guage , so far as they existed , might be by no means unim- portant in the great ...
... former by that of Robert the Brave , through its valiant descendants , Eudes , Robert , and Hugh Capet . But though the differences of origin and lan- guage , so far as they existed , might be by no means unim- portant in the great ...
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... former situa- tion . They broke out into open rebellion ; but the address of Blanche detached some from the league , and her firmness subdued the rest . For the first fifteen years of Louis's reign , the struggle was frequently renewed ...
... former situa- tion . They broke out into open rebellion ; but the address of Blanche detached some from the league , and her firmness subdued the rest . For the first fifteen years of Louis's reign , the struggle was frequently renewed ...
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... former , wasted both France and England in 1361. The plague caused a truce of several months . The war was in fact carried on with less vigor for some years . try , the regent of France , afterwards Charles V. 48 SUFFERINGS OF FRANCE ...
... former , wasted both France and England in 1361. The plague caused a truce of several months . The war was in fact carried on with less vigor for some years . try , the regent of France , afterwards Charles V. 48 SUFFERINGS OF FRANCE ...
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... 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 king's sovereignty , and showed , it is said , in their ...
... 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 king's sovereignty , and showed , it is said , in their ...
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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.