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... feudal hierarchies , but many only nominally subject or quite free . Like the Holy Roman emperor , kings hardly ruled , exercising more suzerainty than sovereignty- a key charcteristic of the feudal order is supreme authority more ...
... feudal hierarchies , but many only nominally subject or quite free . Like the Holy Roman emperor , kings hardly ruled , exercising more suzerainty than sovereignty- a key charcteristic of the feudal order is supreme authority more ...
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... feudal order . In the twelfth century , a wave of municipal freedom , following the example of the Italians and borrowing their institutions , swept over Europe . As though in a conspiracy , which it often was , the burghers would swear ...
... feudal order . In the twelfth century , a wave of municipal freedom , following the example of the Italians and borrowing their institutions , swept over Europe . As though in a conspiracy , which it often was , the burghers would swear ...
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... feudal monarchies of France and Spain , turning absolutist as these countries were unified . It is remarkable that ... Feudalism , which meant decentralization of authority , was declining after the twelfth century ; thereafter ...
... feudal monarchies of France and Spain , turning absolutist as these countries were unified . It is remarkable that ... Feudalism , which meant decentralization of authority , was declining after the twelfth century ; thereafter ...
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