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Harold Nicolson. the feudal system was an anarchical system ; the pyramid did not possess a sufficiently wide base . It was bound in time to crack and topple . One of the most curious examples of feudal monarchy was that estab- lished in ...
Harold Nicolson. the feudal system was an anarchical system ; the pyramid did not possess a sufficiently wide base . It was bound in time to crack and topple . One of the most curious examples of feudal monarchy was that estab- lished in ...
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... feudal monarchy . The King , by his virtue , his protection of the middle classes and the poor , by his hatred of war and brigandage , gave real meaning to the phrase ' The King's peace ' and prepared the way for the destruction of ...
... feudal monarchy . The King , by his virtue , his protection of the middle classes and the poor , by his hatred of war and brigandage , gave real meaning to the phrase ' The King's peace ' and prepared the way for the destruction of ...
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... feudal age and to accord to woman the reverence that is her due . In the end , however , chivalry , even as its parent feuda- lism , declined into anarchy and , as Eustache Deschamps lamented , the old ideal of prowess became highway ...
... feudal age and to accord to woman the reverence that is her due . In the end , however , chivalry , even as its parent feuda- lism , declined into anarchy and , as Eustache Deschamps lamented , the old ideal of prowess became highway ...
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The King as Magician II | 11 |
The King as God | 27 |
The King as Warrior | 47 |
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