The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution in 1688, Band 2Stereotyped and printed by and for A. Wilson, Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1810 |
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... commons- Battle of Evesham and death of Leicester - Settlement of the go- vernment - Death — and character of the king - Miscella- neous transactions of this reign . CHAP . XIII . EDWARD I. PAGE 37 Civil administration of the king ...
... commons- Battle of Evesham and death of Leicester - Settlement of the go- vernment - Death — and character of the king - Miscella- neous transactions of this reign . CHAP . XIII . EDWARD I. PAGE 37 Civil administration of the king ...
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... commons . Besides the prerogatives with which the law invested him , his large demesnes and numerous retainers rendered him , in one sense , the greatest baron in his kingdom ; and where he was pos- sessed of personal vigour and ...
... commons . Besides the prerogatives with which the law invested him , his large demesnes and numerous retainers rendered him , in one sense , the greatest baron in his kingdom ; and where he was pos- sessed of personal vigour and ...
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... commons were no part of the great council , till some ages after the con- quest ; and that the military tenants alone of the crown composed that supreme and legislative assembly . THE vassals of a baron were by their tenure imme ...
... commons were no part of the great council , till some ages after the con- quest ; and that the military tenants alone of the crown composed that supreme and legislative assembly . THE vassals of a baron were by their tenure imme ...
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... commons came very late to be admitted to a share in the legislative power . In Normandy particularly , whose constitution was most likely to be William's model in raising his new fabric of English government , the states were entirely ...
... commons came very late to be admitted to a share in the legislative power . In Normandy particularly , whose constitution was most likely to be William's model in raising his new fabric of English government , the states were entirely ...
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... commons never performed one single legislative act so considerable as to be once mentioned by any of the numerous historians of that age , they must have been to- tally insignificant : And in that case , what reason can be assigned for ...
... commons never performed one single legislative act so considerable as to be once mentioned by any of the numerous historians of that age , they must have been to- tally insignificant : And in that case , what reason can be assigned for ...
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Seite 424 - Ternois at Blangi, he was surprised to observe from the heights the whole French army drawn up in the plains of Agincourt, and so posted that it was impossible for him to proceed on his march without coming to an engagement.
Seite 60 - Innocent exacted the revenues of all vacant benefices, the twentieth of all ecclesiastical revenues without exception ; the third of such as exceeded a hundred marks a year ; the half of such as were possessed by non-residents".
Seite 471 - Suspecting that the female dress, which she had now consented to wear, was disagreeable to her, they purposely placed in her apartment a suit of men's apparel, and watched for the effects of that temptation upon her.
Seite 345 - These doctrines, so agreeable to the populace, and so conformable to the ideas of primitive equality which are engraven in the hearts of all men...
Seite 459 - It is pretended, that Joan, immediately on her admission, knew the king, though she had never seen his face before, and though he purposely kept himself in the crowd of courtiers, and had laid aside every thing in his dress and apparel which might distinguish him: That she offered him, in the name of the supreme Creator, to raise the siege of Orleans, and conduct him to Rheims to be there crowned and anointed; and on his expressing doubts of her mission, revealed to him, before some sworn...
Seite 438 - August, one thousand four hundred and twenty-two, in only the thirty-fourth year of his age and the tenth of his reign, King Henry the Fifth passed away. Slowly and mournfully they carried his embalmed...
Seite 148 - For this reason he issued writs to the sheriffs, enjoining them to send to parliament, along with two knights of the shire, two deputies from each borough within their county y , and these provided with sufficient powers from their community to consent, in their name, to what he and his council should require of them. As it is a most equitable rule...
Seite 67 - Canterbury, upon your see : I was obliged to employ both entreaties and menaces, my lord of Winchester, to have, you elected : my proceedings, I confess, were very irregular, my lords of Salisbury and Carlisle, when I raised you from the lowest stations to your present dignities : I am determined henceforth to correct these abuses ; and it will also become you, in order to make a thorough reformation, to resign your present benefices ; and try to enter again in a more regular and canonical manner.
Seite 457 - ... of the fair, the women whom he consulted had the spirit to support his sinking resolution in this desperate extremity. Mary of Anjou, his queen, a princess of great merit and prudence, vehemently opposed this measure, which, she foresaw, would discourage all...
Seite 282 - Villani, lib. xii. cap. 05. 282 even to the present times, improvements have been continually making on this furious engine, which, though it seemed contrived for the destruction of mankind, and the overthrow of empires, has in the issue rendered battles less bloody, and has given greater stability to civil societies.