The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: The making of the constitution

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Houghton, Mifflin, 1889

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of the representative principle imbedded in the organization of the shires
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Tribal sovereignty territorial sovereignty the outcome of the process of feudali
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In the northern colonies the township in the southern the county the more active
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The Federal Convention of May 14 1787
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Interstate citizenship constitution failed to define national citizenship the Dred
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general character of the Teutonic political system the substruc
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The vicus identical with the mark the mark in the time of Tacitus structure
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its functions chiefly political
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The primitive religion as a source of principles and morals a century and a half
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the tunmoot regulated the internal
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CHAPTER IV
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The ealdorman remains the head of his district Tribal sovereignty the kings
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The Danelagh all England outside of the Danelagh grows into a compact king
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The burggemot identical with the hundred court
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New police system embodied in tithings and hundreds as numerical divisions
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the Roman conquest Cæsar
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The last Danish invasion Swegen
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BOOK II
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Federalism as a System of Government
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CHAPTER II
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the king and the witan
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England based her claims upon voyages of the Cabots the great titledeed James
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Becket as primate first quarrel between Thomas and the king touching taxation
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the township hundred
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Government of the church finally passed to convocations of Canterbury and York
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Survival of the hundred court Centralization of justice and the growth of immu
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Assize of arms
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The London Company and its work the Plymouth Company and its work
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Exclusive right of parliament to authorize taxation first formal discussion of
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Barony by summons feudal rule of primogeniture the right to be summoned
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Pressure of the Royal Authority upon every Class in the Reign
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Right of the commons to regulate elections
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Johns quarrel with the nobles taxation of the baronage and military service
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Reforms in the judicial system
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John dies October 19 1216
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Knights of the shire in the parliament of 1264 famous parliament of 1265
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The dependent township title to its lands vested in the lord the free communi
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Statute of Winchester 1285 Statute of Westminster Second 1285 bill of excep
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Representatives from cities and towns first appear in the parliament of 1265 growth
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BOOK III
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Effects of the growth of population upon federation New England Confederation
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With the triumph of Ecgberht the work of consolidations begins The state
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Agenda of the iter of 1194 The sheriff becomes the executive head of the shire
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The shire the trainingschool of the English people in selfgovernment election
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London as a distinct shire as a standard for imitation The gild
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New France and the struggle for expansion
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Johns charter to London summary
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Elected knights appear instead of the whole body of minor tenants in chief repre
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Export tax on wool first fixed by the parliament of 1275 first legal foundation of
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In drawing to itself the control of legislation parliament stopped short of complete
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CHAPTER II
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The statute De Hæretico Comburendo 1401 the final and most cruel statute
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The council during the reigns of Edward II and Richard II
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Representatives from the cities and towns first summoned to parliament by Earl
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Beaufort who in 1424 had been made chancellor in 1441 became chief minister
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Feudal anarchy of Stephens reign antifeudal policy of Henry II scutage
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The church loses its patriot spirit struggle between the crown and papacy
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Statement of Richards title blending the elective with the hereditary theories
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