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... received pay . All conquered lands were divided among the Spahis ( horsemen ) , on conditions which , like the feudal tenures of Christian Europe , obliged the holders to serve in the field . Here , however , ends the likeness between ...
... received pay . All conquered lands were divided among the Spahis ( horsemen ) , on conditions which , like the feudal tenures of Christian Europe , obliged the holders to serve in the field . Here , however , ends the likeness between ...
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... received neither pay nor maintenance : all they en- joyed was an exemption from taxation , and they were expected to provide for themselves by robbery and plunder . They were mostly composed of peasants on the Siamets and Timars . Their ...
... received neither pay nor maintenance : all they en- joyed was an exemption from taxation , and they were expected to provide for themselves by robbery and plunder . They were mostly composed of peasants on the Siamets and Timars . Their ...
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... received with all due honour . Even a century later , we find Cuthbert Tun- stall gravely assuring Henry VIII . that he is no subject of the Empire , but an independent king.2 To the Western Empire thus revived was subsequently added ...
... received with all due honour . Even a century later , we find Cuthbert Tun- stall gravely assuring Henry VIII . that he is no subject of the Empire , but an independent king.2 To the Western Empire thus revived was subsequently added ...
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... received four crowns : 1 , that of the Franks , or Romans , just mentioned ; 2 , the iron crown of Lombardy , or Italy , received in early times at Pavia , subsequently at Monza , and occasionally at Milan ; 3 , the crown of Burgundy ...
... received four crowns : 1 , that of the Franks , or Romans , just mentioned ; 2 , the iron crown of Lombardy , or Italy , received in early times at Pavia , subsequently at Monza , and occasionally at Milan ; 3 , the crown of Burgundy ...
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... received the former title . To follow such a method in this general history would only create confusion , without any compensating advantage , and we shall therefore style all the German Sovereigns , down to the time of Francis II ...
... received the former title . To follow such a method in this general history would only create confusion , without any compensating advantage , and we shall therefore style all the German Sovereigns , down to the time of Francis II ...
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