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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... vassals of the crown soon extorted a confirma- tion for life of those grants of land , which being at first purely gratuitous , had been bestowed only during pleasure . Not satisfied with this , they pre- vailed to have them converted ...
... vassals of the crown soon extorted a confirma- tion for life of those grants of land , which being at first purely gratuitous , had been bestowed only during pleasure . Not satisfied with this , they pre- vailed to have them converted ...
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... vassals having thus secur ed the possession of their lands and dignities , the nature of the feudal institutions , which though founded on subordination verged to independence , led them to new , and still more dangerous en- croachments ...
... vassals having thus secur ed the possession of their lands and dignities , the nature of the feudal institutions , which though founded on subordination verged to independence , led them to new , and still more dangerous en- croachments ...
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... vassals , carried on some petty enterprise , to which he was prompted by his own ambition , or re- venge . The state itself , destitute of union , either remained altogether inactive , or if it attempted to make any effort , that served ...
... vassals , carried on some petty enterprise , to which he was prompted by his own ambition , or re- venge . The state itself , destitute of union , either remained altogether inactive , or if it attempted to make any effort , that served ...
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... vassals . But the genius of the feudal system was averse to the imposition of extraordinary taxes ; and subjects in that age were unaccustomed to pay them . No expedient remained for levying the sums requisite , but the sale of their ...
... vassals . But the genius of the feudal system was averse to the imposition of extraordinary taxes ; and subjects in that age were unaccustomed to pay them . No expedient remained for levying the sums requisite , but the sale of their ...
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... vassals , diverted their attention from the interior police of Italy , and gave constant employ- ment to their arms . These circumstances encou- raged the inhabitants of some of the Italian cities , towards the beginning of the eleventh ...
... vassals , diverted their attention from the interior police of Italy , and gave constant employ- ment to their arms . These circumstances encou- raged the inhabitants of some of the Italian cities , towards the beginning of the eleventh ...
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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...