Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 157
... government the royal judges on their periodic visitations of inquest and gaol - delivery . This interplay of central authority and local representation , of the rule of law and popularly delegated self- government , is the key to much ...
... government the royal judges on their periodic visitations of inquest and gaol - delivery . This interplay of central authority and local representation , of the rule of law and popularly delegated self- government , is the key to much ...
Page 352
... government by an aristocracy for government by a King . And almost at once it was made clear to the country that , even in the sphere which the nobles regarded as peculiarly their own , government by aristocracy alone could not meet ...
... government by an aristocracy for government by a King . And almost at once it was made clear to the country that , even in the sphere which the nobles regarded as peculiarly their own , government by aristocracy alone could not meet ...
Page 369
... government , she had made a political contribution of supreme importance to mankind . The creation of England's unique Parlia- ment , with its triple components of Crown , Lords and Commons , makes these years vital to an understanding ...
... government , she had made a political contribution of supreme importance to mankind . The creation of England's unique Parlia- ment , with its triple components of Crown , Lords and Commons , makes these years vital to an understanding ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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