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... frequently engaged in alli- ance or hostility ; but each seemed rather to proceed from SUCCESSORS OF HUGH CAPET . Hugh , crowned in his father's lifetime ( ob . 1026 ) . HUGH CAPET , king , 987-996 Robert , king , 996-1031 . Henry L ...
... frequently engaged in alli- ance or hostility ; but each seemed rather to proceed from SUCCESSORS OF HUGH CAPET . Hugh , crowned in his father's lifetime ( ob . 1026 ) . HUGH CAPET , king , 987-996 Robert , king , 996-1031 . Henry L ...
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... frequently renewed ; till repeated humilia- tions convinced the refractory that the throne was no longer to be shaken . But Louis IX . had methods of preserving his ascendency very different from military prowess . That excellent prince ...
... frequently renewed ; till repeated humilia- tions convinced the refractory that the throne was no longer to be shaken . But Louis IX . had methods of preserving his ascendency very different from military prowess . That excellent prince ...
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... frequently quoted , and has indeed given a name to this exclusion of females , it can only by a doubtful and refined analogy be considered as bearing any relation to the succession of the crown . " It is certain , 24 The Salic law ...
... frequently quoted , and has indeed given a name to this exclusion of females , it can only by a doubtful and refined analogy be considered as bearing any relation to the succession of the crown . " It is certain , 24 The Salic law ...
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... frequently termed allodia . The word allod or alod , in Latin alodis , in French alleu , is of uncertain etymology . It has usually been thought to be compounded of all and odb , and would thus signify full or entire property ; but MM ...
... frequently termed allodia . The word allod or alod , in Latin alodis , in French alleu , is of uncertain etymology . It has usually been thought to be compounded of all and odb , and would thus signify full or entire property ; but MM ...
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... frequently inculcated on the reader who desires to form a general but tolerably exact notion of the state of France under the first line of kings , that he is not hastily to draw inferences from one of the three divis- ions , Austrasia ...
... frequently inculcated on the reader who desires to form a general but tolerably exact notion of the state of France under the first line of kings , that he is not hastily to draw inferences from one of the three divis- ions , Austrasia ...
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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.