View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages
View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages
Henry Hallam
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Ordonnances des Rois, p. 291. Beaumanoir, 269. This, however, continued, believe, to be the practice in later times ; I know it is so in the present system of France ; and is perfectly distinguishable from a I)opular consent to taxation. F Digitized by VjOOQ IC DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. 055 their dependents, he had good reason to expect chap. more liberal aid from the immediate representatives p^,^^' ^ of the people, than through the concession of a ^ — * — ' dissatisfied aristocracy. He must be ...blind indeed, stsx^em. says Pasquier, who does not see that the roturier was e^^pressly summoned to this assembly, con- trary to the ancient institutions of France, for no other reason, than that, inasmuch as the burthen was intended to fall principally upon him, he might engage himself so far by promise, that he could not afterwards murmur or become refractory.* Nor would I deny the influence of more generous principles; the example of neighbouring coun- tries, the respect due to the progressive civilization and opulence of the towns, and the application of that ancient maxim of the northern monarchies, that whoever was elevated to the perfect dignity of a freeman acquired a claim to participate in the imposition of public tributes.
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