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... barons . A thousand causes of jealoufy and difcord fubfifted among them , and gave rife to as many wars . Every country in Europe , wafted or kept in continual alarm during these endless contefts , was filled with caftles and places of ...
... barons . A thousand causes of jealoufy and difcord fubfifted among them , and gave rife to as many wars . Every country in Europe , wafted or kept in continual alarm during these endless contefts , was filled with caftles and places of ...
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... baron at the head of his vaffals , carried on fome petty enter- prize to which he was prompted by his own ambition , or revenge . The flate itself , deftitute of union , either remained altogether inactive , or if it attempted to make ...
... baron at the head of his vaffals , carried on fome petty enter- prize to which he was prompted by his own ambition , or revenge . The flate itself , deftitute of union , either remained altogether inactive , or if it attempted to make ...
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... barons who perished in the Holy war , having left no heirs , their fiefs reverted of course to their respective fovereigns , and by these acceffions of property as well as power taken from the one fcale and thrown into the other , the ...
... barons who perished in the Holy war , having left no heirs , their fiefs reverted of course to their respective fovereigns , and by these acceffions of property as well as power taken from the one fcale and thrown into the other , the ...
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... barons imitated the ex- ample of their monarch , and granted like immunities to the towns within their territories . They had wafted fuch great fums in their expeditions to the Holy Land , that they were eager to lay hold on this new ...
... barons imitated the ex- ample of their monarch , and granted like immunities to the towns within their territories . They had wafted fuch great fums in their expeditions to the Holy Land , that they were eager to lay hold on this new ...
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... baron , and în times of danger his castle was the place to which all resorted for fafety . But towns furrounded with walls , whofe inhabitants were regularly trained to arms , [ Q ] NOTE XVI . [ R ] NOTE XVII . [ S ] NOTE XVIII . Statut ...
... baron , and în times of danger his castle was the place to which all resorted for fafety . But towns furrounded with walls , whofe inhabitants were regularly trained to arms , [ Q ] NOTE XVI . [ R ] NOTE XVII . [ S ] NOTE XVIII . Statut ...
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