The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 301
... Baron . the Normans , who adopted it , named it a Court- Baron . This court had another department , in which the power of the lord was more absolute . From the most ancient times the German nobility * Spelman of Feuds , ch . 5 . or ...
... Baron . the Normans , who adopted it , named it a Court- Baron . This court had another department , in which the power of the lord was more absolute . From the most ancient times the German nobility * Spelman of Feuds , ch . 5 . or ...
Page 378
... barons , and many of the English , in readiness to join him . But the diligence of Anselm , who em- ployed all his credit to keep the people firm to the oath they had taken , prevented him from profiting of the general inclination in ...
... barons , and many of the English , in readiness to join him . But the diligence of Anselm , who em- ployed all his credit to keep the people firm to the oath they had taken , prevented him from profiting of the general inclination in ...
Page 380
... barons who had wasted and afterwards en- slaved their country by their dissensions . Order and justice took place , until everything was reduced to obedience ; then a severe and regular oppression suc- ceeded the former disorderly ...
... barons who had wasted and afterwards en- slaved their country by their dissensions . Order and justice took place , until everything was reduced to obedience ; then a severe and regular oppression suc- ceeded the former disorderly ...
Page 382
... barons , which kept them in strict obedience during his long and severe reign . His contests with the Church , concerning the right of investiture , were more obstinate and more dan- gerous . As this is an affair that troubled all ...
... barons , which kept them in strict obedience during his long and severe reign . His contests with the Church , concerning the right of investiture , were more obstinate and more dan- gerous . As this is an affair that troubled all ...
Page 393
... barons , even of his own party , dreaded the consequences , if a prince , in the prime of an ambi- tious youth , should establish an hereditary title by the force of foreign arms . This treaty , signed at Wallingford , left the ...
... barons , even of his own party , dreaded the consequences , if a prince , in the prime of an ambi- tious youth , should establish an hereditary title by the force of foreign arms . This treaty , signed at Wallingford , left the ...
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