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... Republic ... 71 II . The Franks .. 71 III . The Consulship of Clovis .. 71 72 IV . The Mayor of the Palace ... V. Aquitaine .... VI . The Subjection of the Saxons . VII . Charlemagne , Emperor ... VIII . The Kingdom of Burgundy . IX ...
... Republic ... 71 II . The Franks .. 71 III . The Consulship of Clovis .. 71 72 IV . The Mayor of the Palace ... V. Aquitaine .... VI . The Subjection of the Saxons . VII . Charlemagne , Emperor ... VIII . The Kingdom of Burgundy . IX ...
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... republic ; ' while the remainder was still nominally subject to the Roman Empire , and governed 1 See NOTE I. , " The Armorican Republic . " by a certain Syagrius , rather with an independent than.
... republic ; ' while the remainder was still nominally subject to the Roman Empire , and governed 1 See NOTE I. , " The Armorican Republic . " by a certain Syagrius , rather with an independent than.
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... REPUBLIC . Tux existence of an Armorican Republic is now admitted by most French histori- ans . Early in the fifth century , according to Zosimus ( vi . 5 ) , about the time when Constantine usurped the throne of Brit- ain and Ganl , or ...
... REPUBLIC . Tux existence of an Armorican Republic is now admitted by most French histori- ans . Early in the fifth century , according to Zosimus ( vi . 5 ) , about the time when Constantine usurped the throne of Brit- ain and Ganl , or ...
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... republic will recollect an in- stance of the difference between these two species of heredi- tary distinction , in the patricii and the nobiles . Though I do not think that the tribes of German origin paid FEUDAL SYSTEM . 83 THE NOBILITY .
... republic will recollect an in- stance of the difference between these two species of heredi- tary distinction , in the patricii and the nobiles . Though I do not think that the tribes of German origin paid FEUDAL SYSTEM . 83 THE NOBILITY .
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... called commendation , which created a personal relation between . lord and vassal , closely resembling that of patron and client in the Roman republic . Though originally this commenda- tion 86 CHAP . II . PART 1 . MILITARY SERVICE .
... called commendation , which created a personal relation between . lord and vassal , closely resembling that of patron and client in the Roman republic . Though originally this commenda- tion 86 CHAP . II . PART 1 . MILITARY SERVICE .
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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.
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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.