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... William the Conqueror , she never afterwards could recover her former splendour ; so that , at present , all the beauty of this quello Abbate , et l ' Abbatessa : " Tutta via pochi sono li monasterij d'Inghilterra , che mandino à torre ...
... William the Conqueror , she never afterwards could recover her former splendour ; so that , at present , all the beauty of this quello Abbate , et l ' Abbatessa : " Tutta via pochi sono li monasterij d'Inghilterra , che mandino à torre ...
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... William the Conqueror having placed divers of his followers on the borders , with permission to keep what they could conquer from the Welsh , and exercised a kind of palatine jurisdiction over them , subject only to the king . The ...
... William the Conqueror having placed divers of his followers on the borders , with permission to keep what they could conquer from the Welsh , and exercised a kind of palatine jurisdiction over them , subject only to the king . The ...
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... William the Conqueror . This prelate was canonized early in the fifteenth century . NOTE 36 . By a bull of Pope Nicholas the Fifth , in 1453 , it was ordered that every householder who was rented at ten shillings per annum should pay ...
... William the Conqueror . This prelate was canonized early in the fifteenth century . NOTE 36 . By a bull of Pope Nicholas the Fifth , in 1453 , it was ordered that every householder who was rented at ten shillings per annum should pay ...
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... William the Conqueror the laws against it were enforced with such success that it was said " a young girl might , without danger , carry a burthen of gold through all places of England safe . " § In later times , however , either from ...
... William the Conqueror the laws against it were enforced with such success that it was said " a young girl might , without danger , carry a burthen of gold through all places of England safe . " § In later times , however , either from ...
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... William the Conqueror first made the honours granted to the nobility and gentry hereditary , in imitation of Hugh Capet , who had adopted that plan in order to support himself in his usurpa- tion of the Crown of France , in A.D. 947 ...
... William the Conqueror first made the honours granted to the nobility and gentry hereditary , in imitation of Hugh Capet , who had adopted that plan in order to support himself in his usurpa- tion of the Crown of France , in A.D. 947 ...
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abbey abbot alcuno altro Alvise Contarini anco ancora assai Barkley bedde Bibliothèque du Roi bishop British Museum CAMD Canterbury chiesa Chronicle church ciò cloth of gold contayning in length corona counterfet arras crown crymsyn velvet damaske cloth Danegeld delli detto Doge of Venice Don Peter Duke Earl Edward English fanno figlioli France Gascony Gascony wine giorno gowne gran hanno Henry the Seventh Henry's History History of England huomini Inghilterra Inglesi island Isola King Henry King of Scotland king's kingdom kingdom of England kings of England knight London Londra Lord luogo lyned with canvas maggior Magnificence manchet molti molto monasteries NOTE ogni paese payre principall può quale quali Regno reign of Henry Relation of England Rymer's Fœdera satyn Scotia sieno silver Stafford sylver tabill tempo Thenne trenchours tutta tutto tyme unto Wales Wallia William the Conqueror yards iij
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Page 20 - Scotch are much handsomer; and that the English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything belonging to them; they think that there are no other men than themselves, and no other world but England; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner they say that "he looks like an Englishman...
Page 24 - They have an antipathy to foreigners, and imagine that they never come into their island but to make themselves masters of it, and to usurp their goods ; neither have they any sincere and solid friendships amongst themselves, insomuch that they do not trust each other to discuss either public or private affairs together in the confidential manner we do in Italy.
Page 26 - God", for the smallest sums of money ; and to this it may be attributed, that there is no injury that can be committed against the lower orders of the English, that may not be atoned for by money.
Page iv - The COUNCIL of the NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY wish it to be distinctly understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society's publications. For these the responsibility rests entirely with the Editors of the several works.
Page 119 - ... marry without our consent, if she holds of us, or without the consent of the lord of whom she holds, if she holds of another.
Page 24 - The want of affection in the English is strongly manifested towards their children; for after having kept them at home till they arrive at the age of 7 or 9 years at the utmost, they put them out, both males and females, to hard service in the houses of other people, binding them generally for another 7 or 9 years.
Page 34 - Such severe measures against criminals ought to keep the English in check, but, for all this, there is no country in the world where there are so many thieves and robbers as in England...
Page 29 - But above all are their riches displayed in the church treasures; for there is not a parish church in the kingdom so mean as not to possess crucifixes, candlesticks, censers, patens, and cups of silver; nor is there a convent of mendicant friars so poor, as not to have all these same articles in silver, besides many other ornaments worthy of a cathedral church in the same metal. Your Magnificence may therefore imagine what the decorations of those enormously rich Benedictine, Carthusian, and Cistercian...
Page 25 - ... and few are born who are exempted from this fate, for every one, however rich he may be, sends away his children into the houses of others, whilst he, in return, receives those of strangers into his own. And on inquiring their reason for this severity, they answered that they did it in order that their children might learn better manners.
Page 21 - Englishman"; and when they partake of any delicacy with a foreigner, they ask him "whether such a thing is made in their country?" They take great pleasure in having a quantity of excellent victuals, and also in remaining a long time at table, being very sparing of wine when they drink it at their own expense. And this, it is said, they do in order to induce their other English guests to drink wine in moderation also; not considering it any inconvenience for three or four persons to drink out of...