The Evolution of Governments and Laws: Exhibiting the Governmental Structures of Ancient and Modern States, Their Growth and Decay and the Leading Principles of Their Laws, Volume 1 |
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... Charlemagne , 768 to 814 , stands out in bold relief in a long period of darkness . Of his eminent abilities there can be no doubt , and while his morals . lacked much of even an approximation to virtue , he MEDIAEVAL EUROPE 357.
... Charlemagne , 768 to 814 , stands out in bold relief in a long period of darkness . Of his eminent abilities there can be no doubt , and while his morals . lacked much of even an approximation to virtue , he MEDIAEVAL EUROPE 357.
Page 363
... Charlemagne . Thus in the course of about 750 years from the days of Peter and Paul , who laid no claim to worldly power , the head of the church extended his power over the great ecclesiastical organization which had spread over Europe ...
... Charlemagne . Thus in the course of about 750 years from the days of Peter and Paul , who laid no claim to worldly power , the head of the church extended his power over the great ecclesiastical organization which had spread over Europe ...
Page 364
... Charlemagne by the Pope was an assumption on the part of Leo of spiritual superiority over the ruler of the " Holy Roman Empire . " Leo recognized the temporal power of Charles , and in return Charles acknowl- edged the spiritual rule ...
... Charlemagne by the Pope was an assumption on the part of Leo of spiritual superiority over the ruler of the " Holy Roman Empire . " Leo recognized the temporal power of Charles , and in return Charles acknowl- edged the spiritual rule ...
Page 367
... Charlemagne and the civil wars and struggles over succession to local authority arose that form of social organization and land tenure known as the feudal system . With the Romans , as we have seen , land was treated as subject to ...
... Charlemagne and the civil wars and struggles over succession to local authority arose that form of social organization and land tenure known as the feudal system . With the Romans , as we have seen , land was treated as subject to ...
Page 370
... Charlemagne , there was no necessary connection of political power with title to land . Under the feudal system title to land was the basis of all political power . From villein to king the station , rank and power of each was ...
... Charlemagne , there was no necessary connection of political power with title to land . Under the feudal system title to land was the basis of all political power . From villein to king the station , rank and power of each was ...
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Page 143 - I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free...
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Page 732 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 372 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Page 845 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Page 135 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife ; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to -go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Page 147 - God shall choose : one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses, forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Page 840 - The credit of the State shall not, in any manner, be given or loaned to, or in aid of, any individual, association or corporation.
Page 147 - Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Page 145 - But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people may eat : and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.