The World's Great Classics
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ISBN13: 9780217618182
Paperback|9780217618182
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Duke of Bavaria, a collateral branch of the reigning family. a.d. i002.] He obtained the crown, however, by what contemporary historians call an hereditary title, and it was not until his death in i024 that the house of Saxony was deemed to be extinguished. No person had now any pretensions that could interfere with the unbiassed suffrages of the nation; and accordingly a general assembly was determined by merit to elect Conrad, sur- named the Salic, a nobleman of Franconia.' a.d. 1024.] From this prince sprang three successive emperors, Henry III., IV., and V. (Henry III., A.d. i039; Henry IV., 1056; Henry V., 1106). Perhaps the imperial prerogatives over that insubordinate confederacy never reached so high a point as in the reign of Henry III., the second emperor of the house of Franconia. It had been, as was natural, the object of all his predecessors, not only to render their throne hereditary, which, in effect, the nation was willing to concede, but to surround it with authority sufficient to control the leading vassals. These were the dukes of the four nations of Germany, Saxony, Bavaria, Suabia, and Franconia, and the three archbishops of the Rhenish cities, Mentz, Treves, and Cologne. Originally, as has been more fully shown in another place, duchies, like counties, were temporary governments, bestowed at the pleasure of the crown. From this first stage they advanced to hereditary offices, and finally to patrimonial fiefs. But their progress was much slower in Germany than in France. Under the Saxon line of emperors, it appears probable that, although it was usual, and consonant to the prevailing notions of equity, to confer a duchy upon the nearest heir, yet no positive rule enforced this upon the emperor, and some instances of a contrary proceeding occurred.? But, i...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217618182 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217618189 |
| Weight | 2.25 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.55 In |
| List Price | $30.89 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 706 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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