The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century ...Cadell & Davies, 1809 - Europe |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 66
Page x
... instructive to all . With this intention I undertook to write the history of the Em- peror CHARLES V. It was during his ad- ministration that the powers of Europe were + formed into one great political system , in which each X PREFACE .
... instructive to all . With this intention I undertook to write the history of the Em- peror CHARLES V. It was during his ad- ministration that the powers of Europe were + formed into one great political system , in which each X PREFACE .
Page xi
... political system , in which each took a station , wherein it has since remained with less variation , than could have been expected after the shocks occasioned by so many internal revolutions , and so many foreign wars . The great ...
... political system , in which each took a station , wherein it has since remained with less variation , than could have been expected after the shocks occasioned by so many internal revolutions , and so many foreign wars . The great ...
Page xii
... national force requisite in foreign operations ; and I have described the political constitution of the principal States in Europe at the time when CHARLES V. began his reign . .. IN this part of my work I have been Xii PREFACE .
... national force requisite in foreign operations ; and I have described the political constitution of the principal States in Europe at the time when CHARLES V. began his reign . .. IN this part of my work I have been Xii PREFACE .
Page 1
... political state , and in the manners of the Euro - The effects pean nations . The first was occasioned by the progress of the Roman power ; the second by the subversion of it . When the spirit of con- quest led the armies of Rome beyond ...
... political state , and in the manners of the Euro - The effects pean nations . The first was occasioned by the progress of the Roman power ; the second by the subversion of it . When the spirit of con- quest led the armies of Rome beyond ...
Page 17
... political union was extremely feeble ; the sources of anarchy were innumerable . The monarchical and aristocratical parts of the constitution , having no intermediate power to balance them , were perpetually at vari- ance , and justling ...
... political union was extremely feeble ; the sources of anarchy were innumerable . The monarchical and aristocratical parts of the constitution , having no intermediate power to balance them , were perpetually at vari- ance , and justling ...
Contents
139 | |
143 | |
205 | |
207 | |
223 | |
227 | |
228 | |
230 | |
52 | |
63 | |
71 | |
77 | |
85 | |
97 | |
101 | |
105 | |
137 | |
231 | |
249 | |
308 | |
340 | |
383 | |
387 | |
433 | |
439 | |
Common terms and phrases
acquired allodial ancient appears Aragon arms army assembly Aulic council authority barbarous nations barons became body Cange canon law century cerning Charlemagne Charles Charles VII charters church cities civil commerce concerning conquests considerable considered constitution Cortes court crown customs dignity dominions Du Cange ecclesiastics effects emperors empire established Europe extensive favour feudal fiefs force Fueros genius German granted Hist historians honour Ibid Imperial inhabitants institutions Italy judges judicial combat jurisdiction jurisprudence justice Justiza kingdom kings of France lands laws liberty lord Louis Louis XI magistrate manners Marculfus maxims ment military monarchs Murat nobility nobles NOTE obliged observed occasioned Ordon person political popes possessed prerogative princes privileges progress provinces regulations reign rendered respect Roman royal SECT slaves society sovereign Spain spirit superior Tacitus territories throne tion towns trial by combat vassals vigour Zurita
Popular passages
Page 11 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page 97 - The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.; with a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century.
Page 82 - ... and inculcated the most delicate sensibility with respect to those points. The admiration of these qualities, together with the high distinctions and prerogatives conferred on knighthood in...
Page 26 - To this principle must be ascribed the superstitious devotion with which Christians, from the earliest ages of the church, were accustomed to visit that country which the Almighty had selected as the inheritance of his favourite people, and in which the Son of God had accomplished the redemption of mankind. As this distant pilgrimage could not be performed without considerable expense, fatigue, and danger, it appeared the more meritorious, and came to be considered as an expiation for almost every...
Page 38 - These privileges were called charters of community, by which he enfranchised the inhabitants, abolished all marks of servitude, and formed them into corporations or bodies politic, to be governed by a council and magistrates of their own nomination.
Page 79 - ... thing that a baron, who acted as a judge, found it necessary to understand. But when the forms of legal proceedings were fixed, when the rules of decision were committed to writing, and collected into a body, law became a science, the knowledge of which required a regular course of study, together with long attention to the practice of courts. Martial and illiterate nobles had neither leisure nor inclination to undertake a task so laborious, as well as so foreign from all the occupations which...
Page 95 - Commerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations. It softens and polishes the manners of men. It unites them by one of the strongest of all ties, the desire of supplying their mutual wants. It disposes them to peace, by establishing in every state an order of citizens bound by their interest to be the guardians of public tranquillity.
Page 179 - We," said the justiza to the king, in the name of his high-spirited barons, " who are each of us as good, and who are altogether more powerful than you, promise obedience to your government, if you maintain our rights and liberties ; but, if not, not.
Page 81 - ... and generosity of private persons afforded. The same spirit of enterprise which had prompted so many gentlemen to take arms in defence of the oppressed pilgrims in Palestine, incited others to declare themselves the patrons and avengers of injured innocence at home. When the final reduction of the Holy Land under the dominion of infidels put an end to these foreign expeditions, the latter was the only employment left for the activity and courage of adventurers. To check the insolence of overgrown...
Page 27 - When the minds of men were thus prepared, the zeal of a fanatical monk, who conceived the idea of leading all the forces of Christendom against the infidels, and of driving them out of the Holy Land by violence, was sufficient to give a beginning to that wild enterprise. Peter the Hermit, for that was the name of this martial...