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... ransom Prisoners of war starved to death · Or massacred , if no prospect of ransom Or blinded or otherwise mutilated . The meaning of a surrender at discretion As illustrated by Edward III . at Calais . And by several instances in the ...
... ransom Prisoners of war starved to death · Or massacred , if no prospect of ransom Or blinded or otherwise mutilated . The meaning of a surrender at discretion As illustrated by Edward III . at Calais . And by several instances in the ...
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... ransom was extorted even for the bodies of the slain . The occasional gleams of humanity in the history of war count for nothing in the general picture of its savagery . The jurists in this way have helped to give a totally false colour ...
... ransom was extorted even for the bodies of the slain . The occasional gleams of humanity in the history of war count for nothing in the general picture of its savagery . The jurists in this way have helped to give a totally false colour ...
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... ransom for your prisoners ; but you may more than cover their cost in the lump sum you exact for the expenses of the war . 9. You may not purposely destroy churches , hospitals , museums , or libraries ; but ' military exi- gencies ...
... ransom for your prisoners ; but you may more than cover their cost in the lump sum you exact for the expenses of the war . 9. You may not purposely destroy churches , hospitals , museums , or libraries ; but ' military exi- gencies ...
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... ransom -Prisoners of war starved to death ; or massacred , if no prospect of ransom ; or blinded or otherwise mutilated — The meaning of a surrender at discretion , as illustrated by Edward III . at Calais ; and by several instances in ...
... ransom -Prisoners of war starved to death ; or massacred , if no prospect of ransom ; or blinded or otherwise mutilated — The meaning of a surrender at discretion , as illustrated by Edward III . at Calais ; and by several instances in ...
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... ransom exacted for her liberty . Similar facts mark the whole period from the twelfth to the fifteenth century . When the Crusaders under Richard I. took Messina by assault , they carried off with their other lawful spoils all the ...
... ransom exacted for her liberty . Similar facts mark the whole period from the twelfth to the fifteenth century . When the Crusaders under Richard I. took Messina by assault , they carried off with their other lawful spoils all the ...
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