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... kings . This was the aristocracy , of which Hugh Capet usurped the direction ; for the suffrage of no general assembly gave ... king's uncle , was nearest heir , and procured his own consecra- tion at Rheims . At first he was by no means ...
... kings . This was the aristocracy , of which Hugh Capet usurped the direction ; for the suffrage of no general assembly gave ... king's uncle , was nearest heir , and procured his own consecra- tion at Rheims . At first he was by no means ...
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... king , 987-996 Robert , king , 996-1031 . Henry L. , king , 1031-1060 . Philip I. , king , 1000-1108 . Robert , duke of Burgundy . Louis VI . ( le Gros ) , king , 1108-1137 . Louis VII . ( le Jeune ) , king , 1137-1180 . Philip II ...
... king , 987-996 Robert , king , 996-1031 . Henry L. , king , 1031-1060 . Philip I. , king , 1000-1108 . Robert , duke of Burgundy . Louis VI . ( le Gros ) , king , 1108-1137 . Louis VII . ( le Jeune ) , king , 1137-1180 . Philip II ...
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... kings of England . Even Richard I. , with all his prowess , lost ground in struggling against an ad- versary not ... king . By all the saints of France , he exclaimed , when further pressed , he shall not return unless acquitted . The ...
... kings of England . Even Richard I. , with all his prowess , lost ground in struggling against an ad- versary not ... king . By all the saints of France , he exclaimed , when further pressed , he shall not return unless acquitted . The ...
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... king's brother , had been in- vested with the county of Poitou , ceded by Henry III . , to- gether with part of Auvergne and of Saintonge ; and held also , as has been said before , the remains of the great fief of Toulouse , in right ...
... king's brother , had been in- vested with the county of Poitou , ceded by Henry III . , to- gether with part of Auvergne and of Saintonge ; and held also , as has been said before , the remains of the great fief of Toulouse , in right ...
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... King Philip III . ( See Table , p . 25. ) Pune VI . , king , 1328-1350 . Joux ( le Bon ) , king , 1350-1364 . CHARLES V. ( le Sage ) , king , 1364-1380 . 1 Louis , duke of Anjou , founder of the 2d royal house of Naples . John , duke of ...
... King Philip III . ( See Table , p . 25. ) Pune VI . , king , 1328-1350 . Joux ( le Bon ) , king , 1350-1364 . CHARLES V. ( le Sage ) , king , 1364-1380 . 1 Louis , duke of Anjou , founder of the 2d royal house of Naples . John , duke 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.