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... law as punishment for some crime ; or they might be born in slavery . The King was not absolute ( that is , he did not govern by himself ) , but was guided by a kind of Parliament , called the Witena - gemót , or Meeting of the Wise ...
... law as punishment for some crime ; or they might be born in slavery . The King was not absolute ( that is , he did not govern by himself ) , but was guided by a kind of Parliament , called the Witena - gemót , or Meeting of the Wise ...
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... laws and treaties , and ap- pointed or removed the officers of the State . The people , however , in small matters governed themselves . The mark or township had its own little court and meeting , still con- tinued in part under the ...
... laws and treaties , and ap- pointed or removed the officers of the State . The people , however , in small matters governed themselves . The mark or township had its own little court and meeting , still con- tinued in part under the ...
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... laws ; some taken from the Mosaic law , others from the old codes of Ethelbert , Ine , and Offa , adding but few of his own , because he said he did not know how those who came after him might like them . He kept up a fleet , and did ...
... laws ; some taken from the Mosaic law , others from the old codes of Ethelbert , Ine , and Offa , adding but few of his own , because he said he did not know how those who came after him might like them . He kept up a fleet , and did ...
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... law of marriage , and Dunstan's party therefore refused to consider her as the King's wife . Edwy , on his part , seems to have behaved unwisely , and in the end he drove Dunstan out of the country . Whether it was by this , or by his ...
... law of marriage , and Dunstan's party therefore refused to consider her as the King's wife . Edwy , on his part , seems to have behaved unwisely , and in the end he drove Dunstan out of the country . Whether it was by this , or by his ...
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... laws . " In accordance with the feeling thus awakened- he thenceforth never wore his crown , but placed it for a memorial on the image of our Lord on the Cross . 3. Harold I. , 1035-1040 . Harthacnut , 1040-1042 . - After Cnut's death ...
... laws . " In accordance with the feeling thus awakened- he thenceforth never wore his crown , but placed it for a memorial on the image of our Lord on the Cross . 3. Harold I. , 1035-1040 . Harthacnut , 1040-1042 . - After Cnut's death ...
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