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... least must be considered as appertaining to France till the twelfth century . But the most tedious and difficult achievement of Charle- magne was the reduction of the Saxons . The wars with this nation , who occupied nearly the modern ...
... least must be considered as appertaining to France till the twelfth century . But the most tedious and difficult achievement of Charle- magne was the reduction of the Saxons . The wars with this nation , who occupied nearly the modern ...
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... armor with the lance . Even at the battle of Poitiers , of which our country seems to have the least right to boast , since the greater part of the Black Prince's small army 46 CIVIL DISTURBANCES OF FRANCE . CHAP . I. PART IL.
... armor with the lance . Even at the battle of Poitiers , of which our country seems to have the least right to boast , since the greater part of the Black Prince's small army 46 CIVIL DISTURBANCES OF FRANCE . CHAP . I. PART IL.
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... least for a time , to bring the contest , was rather the work of fortune than of valor and prudence . Until the battle of Poitiers he had made no progress towards the con- quest of France . That country was too vast , and his army too ...
... least for a time , to bring the contest , was rather the work of fortune than of valor and prudence . Until the battle of Poitiers he had made no progress towards the con- quest of France . That country was too vast , and his army too ...
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... least concern for their English allies . After his death , Henry V. engaged for some time in a series of negotiations with the French court , where the Orleans party now pre- vailed , and with the Duke of Burgundy . He even secretly ...
... least concern for their English allies . After his death , Henry V. engaged for some time in a series of negotiations with the French court , where the Orleans party now pre- vailed , and with the Duke of Burgundy . He even secretly ...
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... least without weighty grounds for distrusting his intentions ; but the more remote cause of this confederacy , as of those which had been raised against Charles VII . , was the critical posi- tion of the feudal aristocracy from the ...
... least without weighty grounds for distrusting his intentions ; but the more remote cause of this confederacy , as of those which had been raised against Charles VII . , was the critical posi- tion of the feudal aristocracy from the ...
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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.