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 124
... common system of law . And it was stimulated by the difficulty the conquerors - a few thousand warriors speaking a foreign tongue - experienced in ruling so stubborn a race . A hundred years after Hastings there were still Englishmen ...
... common system of law . And it was stimulated by the difficulty the conquerors - a few thousand warriors speaking a foreign tongue - experienced in ruling so stubborn a race . A hundred years after Hastings there were still Englishmen ...
Page 166
... Common Pleas escaped disgrace , while five justices of eyre were found guilty and dismissed . The most important result of these judicial scandals was a reorganisation of the legal profession . The task was entrusted to the new Chief ...
... Common Pleas escaped disgrace , while five justices of eyre were found guilty and dismissed . The most important result of these judicial scandals was a reorganisation of the legal profession . The task was entrusted to the new Chief ...
Page 383
... common fields . The incumbent was usually a peasant's son , living the same rustic life as his flock . Taught , at best , in monastic or cathedral grammar school enough Latin to read the scriptures and declaim the services in a language ...
... common fields . The incumbent was usually a peasant's son , living the same rustic life as his flock . Taught , at best , in monastic or cathedral grammar school enough Latin to read the scriptures and declaim the services in a language ...
Contents
Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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