The Childhood of the English Nation; Or, The Beginnings of English HistoryG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1877 - 247 páginas |
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... barons . But these courts were of very little use , because there was no State , no central authority higher than ... baron . The seigneur made laws , and was supreme judge . The Church was the only helper of the poor , but even in the ...
... barons . But these courts were of very little use , because there was no State , no central authority higher than ... baron . The seigneur made laws , and was supreme judge . The Church was the only helper of the poor , but even in the ...
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... barons in Normandy . Such a castle England had never seen before . Her nobles were not used to shut themselves up , as if in an enemy's country , in strongholds from which , while safe themselves , they could oppress the poor people ...
... barons in Normandy . Such a castle England had never seen before . Her nobles were not used to shut themselves up , as if in an enemy's country , in strongholds from which , while safe themselves , they could oppress the poor people ...
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... barons of Normandy had despised him because he was not born in lawful wedlock , and was the son of a tan- ner's daughter , and they had rebelled against him ; but he had made them feel his strong arm , and was now undisputed lord in his ...
... barons of Normandy had despised him because he was not born in lawful wedlock , and was the son of a tan- ner's daughter , and they had rebelled against him ; but he had made them feel his strong arm , and was now undisputed lord in his ...
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... barons of Normandy ; they were not at first very eager to join in a difficult enterprise , which would make their duke more powerful and troublesome than before . He sent to the various courts of Europe , to plead the justice of his ...
... barons of Normandy ; they were not at first very eager to join in a difficult enterprise , which would make their duke more powerful and troublesome than before . He sent to the various courts of Europe , to plead the justice of his ...
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... barons who despised him for his shameful birth , and who were deter- mined that they would not brook his rule . It was a hard life that William had as a young man , and it was a life to make a man hard . Yet it is certain that there ...
... barons who despised him for his shameful birth , and who were deter- mined that they would not brook his rule . It was a hard life that William had as a young man , and it was a life to make a man hard . Yet it is certain that there ...
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