The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763, Volume 1William Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1802 |
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... gave rise to a species of government formerly unknown , and which is commonly distinguished by the name of the FEUDAL SYSTEM . The idea of a feudal kingdom was borrowed from that of a military establish- ment . The victorious army ...
... gave rise to a species of government formerly unknown , and which is commonly distinguished by the name of the FEUDAL SYSTEM . The idea of a feudal kingdom was borrowed from that of a military establish- ment . The victorious army ...
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... gave the few a dangerous ascendency over the many . The king or gene- ral , by his superior allotment , had it amply in his power to reward past services or attach new followers , for the pur- pose of future wars . With this view he ...
... gave the few a dangerous ascendency over the many . The king or gene- ral , by his superior allotment , had it amply in his power to reward past services or attach new followers , for the pur- pose of future wars . With this view he ...
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... gave birth , was by no means so debasing to humanity as the uniform pressure of Roman despotism . Very different from that dead calm which accompanies peaceful slavery , and in which every faculty of the soul sinks into a kind of ...
... gave birth , was by no means so debasing to humanity as the uniform pressure of Roman despotism . Very different from that dead calm which accompanies peaceful slavery , and in which every faculty of the soul sinks into a kind of ...
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... of Merovius , head of the Salian tribe ) defeated Syagrius , a Roman usurper in that pro- vince , and established a new kingdom , to which he gave A. D. 486 . the the name of France , or the Land of Free 20 [ PART 1 . THE HISTORY OF.
... of Merovius , head of the Salian tribe ) defeated Syagrius , a Roman usurper in that pro- vince , and established a new kingdom , to which he gave A. D. 486 . the the name of France , or the Land of Free 20 [ PART 1 . THE HISTORY OF.
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... gave rise to endless broils . The brothers became enemies whenever their interests jarred . The most frightful bar- barities were the consequence of their dissensions . Mur- ders and assassinations grew common events . The experience of ...
... gave rise to endless broils . The brothers became enemies whenever their interests jarred . The most frightful bar- barities were the consequence of their dissensions . Mur- ders and assassinations grew common events . The experience of ...
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Página 291 - He summoned an assembly of all the prelates of England; and he put to them this concise and decisive question, Whether or not they were willing to submit to the ancient laws and customs of the kingdom ? The bishops unanimously replied, that they were willing, saving their own order...
Página 109 - THE merit of this prince, both in private and public life, may, with advantage, be set in opposition to that of any monarch or citizen, which the annals of any age or any nation can present to us. He seems, indeed, to be the complete model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination...
Página 264 - This change happening precisely at the juncture when the panic terror, which I have mentioned, rendered pilgrimages most frequent, filled Europe with alarm and indignation. Every person who returned from Palestine related the dangers which he had encountered in visiting the holy city, and described with exaggeration the cruelty and vexations of the Turks.
Página 242 - ... was a general survey of all the lands in the kingdom, their extent in each district, their proprietors, tenures, value; the quantity of meadow, pasture, wood, and arable land, which they contained; and in some counties the number of tenants, cottagers, and slaves of all denominations, who lived upon them.
Página 298 - Some menacing expressions which they had dropped gave a suspicion of their design ; and the king dispatched a messenger after them, charging them to attempt nothing against the person of the primate ; but these orders arrived too late to prevent their fatal purpose. The four assassins, though they took different roads to England, arrived nearly about the same time at Saltwood, near Canterbury; and, being there joined by some assistants, they proceeded in great haste to the archiepiscopal palace.
Página 333 - ... the images, the statues of the saints were laid on the ground ; and, as if the air itself were profaned, and might pollute them by its contact, the priests carefully covered them up, even from their own approach and veneration. The use of bells entirely ceased in all the churches : the bells themselves were removed from the steeples, and laid on the ground with the other sacred utensils.
Página 266 - These men took the road towards Constantinople, through Hungary and Bulgaria ; and trusting that Heaven, by supernatural assistance, would supply all their necessities, they made no provision 'for subsistence on their march.
Página 334 - ... and as if the air itself were profaned, and might pollute them by its contact, the priests carefully covered them up, even from their own approach and veneration. The use of bells entirely ceased in all the churches, the bells themselves were removed from the steeples and laid on the ground with the other sacred utensils. Mass was celebrated with shut doors, and none but the priests were admitted to that holy institution.
Página 407 - 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...