The History of England: The history of England: middle ages. In five volumesLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1830 - Great Britain |
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Adam of Bremen afterwards ancient Anglo-Saxon Anselm archbishop army attack barbarous barons battle became Becket began bishop Bohadin brother caliph Canute castle CHAP character Charlemagne chieftains Christian Chron Chronicle church civilization clergy conduct CONQUEST Cotton Library crown crusaders death dignity duke Eadmer earl ecclesiastical eleventh century emperor England English Europe exertions father feelings fierce French friends Germany Hellespont Henry HENRY II Henry's Hist honor horse hostility Hoveden Irish Ismailites Italy Jerusalem king of France king's kingdom knights knowlege land Lanfranc Malmsb Malmsbury Matt military mind monk Mussulmen nation never nobles Norman Norman conquest Normandy numbers papal Paris peace perished Pict Poitou political Pope population prelate prince provinces QUEROR REIGN Richard Robert royal SADES Saladin Saxon says sent Slavi Snorre soon sovereign spirit Steph Stephen sword thro tion Turkish Turks Tyre VIII Wace William СНАР
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Page 403 - If any freeman shall die intestate, his chattels shall be distributed by the hands of his nearest relations and friends, by view of the Church ; saving to every one his debts which the deceased owed to him.
Page 404 - A widow after the death of her husband shall immediately, and without difficulty, have her marriage and her inheritance; nor shall she give anything for her dower, or for her marriage, or for her inheritance, which her husband and she held at the day of his death; and she may remain in her husband's house forty days after his death, within which time her dower shall be assigned.
Page 305 - Malmsbury curiously observes, "the report of the council of Clermont, wafted a cheering gale over the minds of Christians. There was no nation so remote, no people so retired, as did not respond to the papal wishes. This ardent love not only inspired the continental provinces, but the most distant islands and savage countries. The Welshman left his hunting ; the Scotch his fellowship with vermin ; the Dane his drinking party ; the Norwegian his raw fish.
Page 402 - No free man shall be taken, or imprisoned, or disseised, or outlawed, or banished, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, unless by the legal judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 113 - I do not owe you fealty. I hold my kingdom of ' God and my sword.' No ecclesiastical council could enjoin or forbid without his approval, nor, except publicly by his command, could a bishop implead, or excommunicate, or by sacerdotal sentence punish for any capital...
Page 184 - Sachentege was made thus: it was fastened to a beam, having a sharp iron to go round a man's throat and neck, so that he might no ways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron.
Page 284 - O prophet, wage war against the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and be severe unto them : for their dwelling shall be hell ; an unhappy journey shall it be thither.
Page 184 - They hanged up men by their feet and smoked them with foul smoke. Some were hanged up by their thumbs, others by the head, and burning things were hung on to their feet.
Page 289 - ... when it was losing its hold on the human intellect, and, but for ' the support of their simple, rude, uncriticising, credulous, and ' vehement spirit, might have quietly expired.
Page 55 - ... population ; kindled a vigorous spirit of life and action in all the classes of its society ; and raised from the mighty ruins with which it overspread the country, that new and great character of government, clergy, nobility and people, which the British history has never ceased to display, and which, in the progress of this Work, it will be attempted to elucidate.