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... kingdoms of Paris , Soissons , Orleans , and Austrasia revived ; but a new partition of these was required by the recent conquests , and Gontran of Orleans , without resiguing that kingdom , removed his residence to Burgundy . The four ...
... kingdoms of Paris , Soissons , Orleans , and Austrasia revived ; but a new partition of these was required by the recent conquests , and Gontran of Orleans , without resiguing that kingdom , removed his residence to Burgundy . The four ...
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... kingdom devolved upon the mayors of the palace , originally officers of the household , through whom petitions or repre- sentations were laid before the king . The weakness of sov- ereigns rendered this office important , and still ...
... kingdom devolved upon the mayors of the palace , originally officers of the household , through whom petitions or repre- sentations were laid before the king . The weakness of sov- ereigns rendered this office important , and still ...
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... kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria rested on different bases . In the former the Franks were more numerous , less ... kingdom ? Was it possible that the Saracens could have retained any permanent possession of France , except by means ...
... kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria rested on different bases . In the former the Franks were more numerous , less ... kingdom ? Was it possible that the Saracens could have retained any permanent possession of France , except by means ...
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... kingdom , which had hitherto appeared the only competitor in the lists , proved to have lost its own energy in awaiting the occasion for its display . France was far more than a match for the power of Italy , even if she had not been ...
... kingdom , which had hitherto appeared the only competitor in the lists , proved to have lost its own energy in awaiting the occasion for its display . France was far more than a match for the power of Italy , even if she had not been ...
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... kingdom as an independent right . This is the epoch of a final separation between the French and German members of the empire . Its millenary was cele- brated by some of the latter nation in 1843. " SUCCESSORS OF LOUIS THE DEBONAIR ...
... kingdom as an independent right . This is the epoch of a final separation between the French and German members of the empire . Its millenary was cele- brated by some of the latter nation in 1843. " SUCCESSORS OF LOUIS THE DEBONAIR ...
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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.