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... was not the rule in England at the time of the Norman conquest . The more
common condition of the conquered Englishmen was that of serfs or villeins , as
we have seen in the Domesday Book records . The word commonly used for
them ...
... was not the rule in England at the time of the Norman conquest . The more
common condition of the conquered Englishmen was that of serfs or villeins , as
we have seen in the Domesday Book records . The word commonly used for
them ...
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When a country has been conquered the leader and his band continue to rule .
Together they make up a new kind of group called the state . As head of the state
the leader is called a king . The ruling group The state with the king at its head is
...
When a country has been conquered the leader and his band continue to rule .
Together they make up a new kind of group called the state . As head of the state
the leader is called a king . The ruling group The state with the king at its head is
...
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As we have said , this group made it its business to rule , and the business
expanded . The king and his helpers kept doing more and more things and in this
way came to have more and more to do with all classes of people . They
sometimes ...
As we have said , this group made it its business to rule , and the business
expanded . The king and his helpers kept doing more and more things and in this
way came to have more and more to do with all classes of people . They
sometimes ...
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When the Norman kings conquered England , and began to rule the country far
more strictly than any English or Danish king had ruled , one of the first steps was
to make order . “ The good order that King William made must not be forgotten ...
When the Norman kings conquered England , and began to rule the country far
more strictly than any English or Danish king had ruled , one of the first steps was
to make order . “ The good order that King William made must not be forgotten ...
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And because the king was usually believed to be appointed by God to rule , his
commands were regarded as sacred . This made men more afraid to break the
law . With the king's authority back of it , the common law was thus better Majesty
of ...
And because the king was usually believed to be appointed by God to rule , his
commands were regarded as sacred . This made men more afraid to break the
law . With the king's authority back of it , the common law was thus better Majesty
of ...
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| Наслов | Our Democracy: Its Origins and Its Tasks |
| Аутор | James Hayden Tufts |
| Издавач | H. Holt, 1917 |
| Оригинал из | Јавна библиотека града Њујорка |
| Дигитализовано | 14 феб 2007 |
| Дужина | 327 страница |
| Извоз навода | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |