The Four Civilizations of the World: An Historical RetrospectLippincott, 1874 - 416 pages |
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... despotic . In both continents , too , we find the same gods and idols wor- shipped ; in both we find the people divided into castes , the lower classes performing all the labor , and subject to rigorous restraints against any attempt to ...
... despotic . In both continents , too , we find the same gods and idols wor- shipped ; in both we find the people divided into castes , the lower classes performing all the labor , and subject to rigorous restraints against any attempt to ...
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... despotism , till at last the barbarians were welcomed as liberators . The ensuing three centuries were a period of fright- ful anarchy , and are fitly described as the Dark Ages . The various barbarous tribes who possessed Italy and ...
... despotism , till at last the barbarians were welcomed as liberators . The ensuing three centuries were a period of fright- ful anarchy , and are fitly described as the Dark Ages . The various barbarous tribes who possessed Italy and ...
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... despotic sway over their fiefs or estates ; masters equally of the property and lives of their tenants or vassals . They were , " says a distinguished writer , " isolated despots , each of whom was a sovereign in his own domains , doing ...
... despotic sway over their fiefs or estates ; masters equally of the property and lives of their tenants or vassals . They were , " says a distinguished writer , " isolated despots , each of whom was a sovereign in his own domains , doing ...
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... despots held larger possessions , exercised greater authority , and kept their vassals under better dis- cipline than elsewhere . When a weak man was on the throne of France , he shrank from any collision with the Barons , lest he might ...
... despots held larger possessions , exercised greater authority , and kept their vassals under better dis- cipline than elsewhere . When a weak man was on the throne of France , he shrank from any collision with the Barons , lest he might ...
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... despotic landlords . Collecting in groups of a few hundred , more or less , these fugitive slaves had built walls round their habi- tations , and thus defied the power of their Suzerain . Among the first of these Communes was Le Mans ...
... despotic landlords . Collecting in groups of a few hundred , more or less , these fugitive slaves had built walls round their habi- tations , and thus defied the power of their Suzerain . Among the first of these Communes was Le Mans ...
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