The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, Band 1H. G. Bohn, 1856 |
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Seite 149 - Louis, by the grace of God King of France and Navarre, to our dear and well-beloved Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, greeting.
Seite 189 - ... by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, and in any other manner they can, till the grievance is redressed, according to their pleasure; saving harmless our own person, and the persons of our Queen and children; and when it is redressed they shall behave to us as before.
Seite 345 - When we arrive at the end of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth century...
Seite 149 - Whereas, according to natural right, every one should be born free, and whereas, by certain customs which, from long age, have been introduced into and preserved to this day in our kingdom .... many persons amongst our common people have fallen into the bonds of slavery, which much displeaseth us ; we, considering that our kingdom is called and named the kingdom of the Free (Franks), and willing that the matter should in verity accord with the name .... have by our grand council decreed and do decree...
Seite 234 - Holy and Indivisible Trinity, amen. Philip, by the grace of God, king of the French...
Seite 352 - Craven," affords the additional information, "that towards the close of the thirteenth, and at the commencement of the fourteenth century, the average wages of a manservant, with meat and clothing, were only from three to five shillings per annum ; that reapers were paid twopence a-day ; and a sheep sold for a shilling ; and thirty quarters of fossilcoal, for seventeen shillings and sixpence.
Seite 402 - ... with a different eye by those whom they more nearly concerned : burghers of the twelfth century would have spilled their heart's blood to have enjoyed with security some of those individual liberties of which we do not even think, so much are we accustomed to them. " In the name of the Holy Trinity, amen. I, Louis, by the grace of God, king of France, to all present and to come, make known that we grant to the men of Beauvais, that if the house of any of them fall down, or is burnt, they may...
Seite 93 - How great were the examples of modesty which she gave! . . . Living in great fear of the Lord, and with an equal love for her neighbours, especially those who were poor, she managed us prudently, us and our property. . . . Her mouth was so accustomed to continually repeat the name of her dead husband, that it seemed as if her soul had never any other thought ; for, whether in praying or distributing alms, even in the most ordinary acts of life, she continually pronounced the name of that man, which...
Seite 189 - ... who ought with all their power to observe, hold, and cause to be observed, the peace and liberties which we have conceded to them...
Seite 91 - She remained mistress, chatelaine, representing her husband*, charged in his absence with the defence and honor of the fief. • This elevated and almost sovereign position, in the very bosom of domestic life, often gave to the women of the feudal period a dignity, a courage, virtues, a distinction, which they have displayed nowhere else, and it has doubtless powerfully contributed to their moral development and to the general improvement of their condition.