Category: History - British
Reign of Edward I.--Confirmatio Chartarum--Constitution of Parliament --the Prelates--the temporal Peers--Tenure by Barony--its Changes-- Difficulty of the Subject--Origin of Representation of the Commons-- Knights of Shires--their Existence doubtfully traced through the Reign...
Reign of Edward I.--Confirmatio Chartarum--Constitution of Parliament --the Prelates--the Temporal Peers--Tenure by Barony--its Changes-- Difficulty of the Subject--Origin of Re...
10. PART II.Progress of Commercial Improvement in Germany, Flanders, and England --in the North of Europe--in the Countries upon the Mediterranean Sea --Maritime Laws--Usury--Banking Compan...
9. PART I.Introduction--Decline of Literature in the latter Period of the Roman Empire--Its Causes--Corruption of the Latin Language--Means by which it was effected--Formation of new Lang...
7. xxx. 169), observes, as to this point,--"We are inclined, in the main,to agree with Mr. Hallam," lets us know, two or three years afterwards, that the scale was tending the other way, when, in his review of the Report of the Lords' Committee, who...
6. c. 17, enacts that no one shall put his son or daughter apprentice toany trade in a borough, unless he have land or rent to the value of twenty shillings a year, but that any one may put his children to school. The reason assigned is the scarcity...
19. i. 90;Henry IV. of Castile, despicable character of, ii. 17; deposed by a conspiracy of nobles, _ib._; futile efforts of his daughter to succeed him, 18; contests after his death, _ib...
17. i. 121;Church, wealth of the, under the empire, ii. 140; its position after the irruption of the barbarians, 141; source of its legitimate wealth, 142; its religious extortions, 143; p...
21. iii. 72;Municipal institutions of the Roman provincial cities, i. 338; importance of the office of defensor civitatis, 340; duties appertaining to it, 340; responsibilities of the decur...
18. i. 212, 213;Flanders, fraudulent conduct of Philip IV. towards the count of, i. 44; successful resistance of its people, _ib._; large capture of gilt spurs by them, _ib. note_ a; their comm...
24. i. 328, 329;Sforza (Francesco), powerful position achieved by, i. 483; becomes duke of Milan, _ib._; joins in the quadruple league, 493; his policy towards Naples, 504; accession and assass...
23. iii. 66;Religious sects, moral improvement accelerated by the growth of, iii. 378; tenets of the Manicheans and Paulicians, 378, 379 and _notes_; the Albigenses, and controversies respe...
14. iii. 72;he sides with the king, 74; his quarrel with the duke of Norfolk, 79; advantage taken of it by Richard II., 80 and _note_ z; his accession to the throne, 81. See Henry IV.
25. i. 487;Venice, conflicts of, with Genoa, i. 444; defeat of her admiral by the Genoese, 445; insolence of the latter towards her ambassadors, 446; successful tactics of her doge, 447; t...
12. iii. 65;Barcelona, feudal submission to France of the counts of, i. 10, _note_; its early commercial eminence, iii. 331; its code of maritime laws, 333 and _note_; and of marine insuran...
26. iii. 59;William the Conqueror, separation of the ecclesiastical and civil tribunals by, ii. 222 and _note_ a; position of England at its conquest by him, 302; his considerate treatment...
11. ii. 194;Aragon, bequest of to the Templars by Alfonso I., and reversal thereof, ii. 8; rise of the kingdom in political importance, 39; struggle for the succession to its crown, 39-41;...
20. i. 55, 77;disadvantages of feudal obligations in long campaigns, 262; substitution of mercenaries, 264; Canute's soldiers, and his institutes respecting them, 264 and _note_ g; the mercen...
16. i. 406;Chilperic, guilty conduct of Fredegonde, the queen of, i. 5, 119; oppressive taxes levied by him, 306; tumult which ensued, _ib._; what followed after his death, _ib._; his atte...
15. i. 48;Charles V. (the Wise) submits to the peace of Bretigni, i. 59; his summons to Edward the Black Prince, 63; his treaty with Henry of Castile, _ib. note_ t; his successes against...
1. PART III.Reign of Edward I.--Confirmatio Chartarum--Constitution of Parliament --the Prelates--the temporal Peers--Tenure by Barony--its Changes-- Difficulty of the Subject--Origin of Re...
4. PART II.Progress of Commercial Improvement in Germany, Flanders, and England-- in the North of Europe--in the Countries upon the Mediterranean Sea-- Maritime Laws--Usury--Banking Compan...
13. i. 30;22. i. 445;3. PART I.Introduction--Decline of Literature in the latter Period of the Roman Empire--Its Causes--Corruption of the Latin Language--Means by which it was effected--Formation of new Lang...
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