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 |
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... territories at differ- ent times , came from different countries , spoke va- rious languages , and were under the command of separate leaders , the feudal policy and laws were established , with little variation , in every kingdom of ...
... territories at differ- ent times , came from different countries , spoke va- rious languages , and were under the command of separate leaders , the feudal policy and laws were established , with little variation , in every kingdom of ...
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... territory which they received , and to bear arms in ' his defence . His chief officers imitated the example of the so- vereign , and , in distributing portions of their lands among their dependents , annexed the same con- dition to the ...
... territory which they received , and to bear arms in ' his defence . His chief officers imitated the example of the so- vereign , and , in distributing portions of their lands among their dependents , annexed the same con- dition to the ...
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... territories ; the right of coining money ; together with the pri- vilege of carrying on war against their private enemies , in their own name , and by their own au- thority . The ideas of political subjection were almost entirely lost ...
... territories ; the right of coining money ; together with the pri- vilege of carrying on war against their private enemies , in their own name , and by their own au- thority . The ideas of political subjection were almost entirely lost ...
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... territories to their crowns at small ex- pence * . Besides this , several great barons , who perished in the Holy War , having left no heirs , their fiefs reverted of course to their respective sovereigns ; and by these accessions of ...
... territories to their crowns at small ex- pence * . Besides this , several great barons , who perished in the Holy War , having left no heirs , their fiefs reverted of course to their respective sovereigns ; and by these accessions of ...
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... territories . They had wasted such great sums in their expe- ditions to the Holy Land , that they were eager to lay hold on this new expedient for raising mo- ney , by the sale of those charters of liberty . Though the institution of ...
... territories . They had wasted such great sums in their expe- ditions to the Holy Land , that they were eager to lay hold on this new expedient for raising mo- ney , by the sale of those charters of liberty . Though the institution of ...
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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...