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... possessed the remainder , with a large portion of Gaul ; the Burgundians occupied the provinces watered by the Rhone and Saône ; the Ostrogoths almost all Italy . The north - west of Gaul , between the Seine and the Loire , some writers ...
... possessed the remainder , with a large portion of Gaul ; the Burgundians occupied the provinces watered by the Rhone and Saône ; the Ostrogoths almost all Italy . The north - west of Gaul , between the Seine and the Loire , some writers ...
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... possessed any distinctive character . V. From the Accession of Clovis II . , Son of Dagobert , to Pepin Heristal's Victory over the Neustrians at Testry ( A.D. 638-687 ) . After Dagobert the kings of France dwindled into personal ...
... possessed any distinctive character . V. From the Accession of Clovis II . , Son of Dagobert , to Pepin Heristal's Victory over the Neustrians at Testry ( A.D. 638-687 ) . After Dagobert the kings of France dwindled into personal ...
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... possessed the power should also bear the title of king . The unfortunate Merovingian was dismissed into a convent , and the Franks , with one con- sent , raised Pepin to the throne , the founder of a more illus- trious dynasty ( A.D. ...
... possessed the power should also bear the title of king . The unfortunate Merovingian was dismissed into a convent , and the Franks , with one con- sent , raised Pepin to the throne , the founder of a more illus- trious dynasty ( A.D. ...
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... possessed in every thing that grandeur of conception which distinguishes extraordinary minds . Like Alexander , he seemed born for universal innovation : in a life restlessly active , we see him reforming the coinage and establishing ...
... possessed in every thing that grandeur of conception which distinguishes extraordinary minds . Like Alexander , he seemed born for universal innovation : in a life restlessly active , we see him reforming the coinage and establishing ...
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... possessed themselves of Sicily and Sardinia , and became masters of the Mediterranean Sea . Though the Greek dominions in the south of Italy were chiefly exposed to them , they twice in- sulted and ravaged the territory of Rome ( A.D. ...
... possessed themselves of Sicily and Sardinia , and became masters of the Mediterranean Sea . Though the Greek dominions in the south of Italy were chiefly exposed to them , they twice in- sulted and ravaged the territory of Rome ( A.D. ...
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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.