A Short History of England from the Earliest Times to the Present DayRivingtons, 1890 - 476 էջ |
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... received assistance in the struggle with the Roman armies . With this view he made two expeditions in the years 55 and 54 B.C. , but finding that the warlike inhabitants made a vigorous resistance , he made no serious attempt to conquer ...
... received assistance in the struggle with the Roman armies . With this view he made two expeditions in the years 55 and 54 B.C. , but finding that the warlike inhabitants made a vigorous resistance , he made no serious attempt to conquer ...
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... received by Ethelbert , who himself accepted Christianity , and gave his people leave to do the same . The Kentishmen adopted the new faith . Augustine was ordained Archbishop of the English Church ; churches were built on new sites ...
... received by Ethelbert , who himself accepted Christianity , and gave his people leave to do the same . The Kentishmen adopted the new faith . Augustine was ordained Archbishop of the English Church ; churches were built on new sites ...
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... received Egbert as their over- lord . Egbert was now king over his own kingdom of Wessex , and overlord of the whole English - speaking race from the Channel to the Firth of Forth . 1 Site unknown . CHAPTER III . GOVERNMENT OF THE ...
... received Egbert as their over- lord . Egbert was now king over his own kingdom of Wessex , and overlord of the whole English - speaking race from the Channel to the Firth of Forth . 1 Site unknown . CHAPTER III . GOVERNMENT OF THE ...
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... received a visit from William , Duke of Normandy . Emma , Edward's mother , was William's great - aunt , but he himself had no blood- relationship with the English royal family . William found Normans around the king ; he saw that ...
... received a visit from William , Duke of Normandy . Emma , Edward's mother , was William's great - aunt , but he himself had no blood- relationship with the English royal family . William found Normans around the king ; he saw that ...
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... received his pallium , or archbishop's cloak , from a rival pope . Each of these pleas was weak enough by itself , but when they were all bound together they made a most formidable bundle ; and when they were presented to the Norman ...
... received his pallium , or archbishop's cloak , from a rival pope . Each of these pleas was weak enough by itself , but when they were all bound together they made a most formidable bundle ; and when they were presented to the Norman ...
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Էջ ii - A Handbook in Outline of English Politics for the Last Half Century. Extracted from "A Handbook of English Political History.
Էջ 361 - THE power of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished...
Էջ 235 - That no freeman be required to give any gift, loan, benevolence, or tax without common consent by Act of Parliament.
Էջ vii - A Skeleton Outline of the History of England, being an abridgment of a Handbook in Outline of the Political History of England.
Էջ 285 - Subjects have a right to petition the king. 6. The election of members of parliament ought to be free. 7. Freedom of speech and debate in parliament ought not to be questioned in any court or place out of parliament. 8. Excessive fines must not be imposed ; and jurors, in cases for high treason, must be freeholders. 9. For redress of all grievances, and for the strengthening of the laws, parliament ought to be held frequently. 10. William and Mary were declared king and queen of England, and all...
Էջ 324 - A company for carrying on an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is.
Էջ 258 - Parliament, according to the Instrument, was to be summoned at least once every three years and was not to be dissolved without its own consent until it had sat for a minimum of five months. The Protector could hold up Bills for twenty days, but after that...
Էջ ii - A HANDBOOK IN OUTLINE OF ENGLISH POLITICS FOR THE LAST HALF CENTURY. Extracted from " A Handbook of English Political History." With Appendices on the Reform Bills, Disfranchised and Enfranchised Boroughs, &c. By AH DYKU ACLAND, MP, and CYRIL RANSOMS, MA Crown 8vo, cloth, is.
Էջ 285 - Patriarchd, by setting up a king and queen who owed their position to the choice of parliament. In the second, it gave an opportunity for reasserting the principles of the English constitution which it had been the aim of the Stuarts to set aside. In the third, it began what may be called the reign of parliament Up to the Revolution there is no doubt that the guiding force in directing the policy of the nation had been the will of the king. Since the Revolution the guiding force has been the will...
Էջ 257 - Again, in 1651 came the celebrated English Navigation Act which prohibited the importation of goods into England except in English ships or in the ships of the country producing the goods. This was...