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... feudal order was toward erecting a form of stable and effective govern- ment . Moreover the superiority of the kings had to be accepted if only theoretically . Students of feudalism have pointed out that it may actually have saved the ...
... feudal order was toward erecting a form of stable and effective govern- ment . Moreover the superiority of the kings had to be accepted if only theoretically . Students of feudalism have pointed out that it may actually have saved the ...
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... feudal scale ( in France the word " vavassal , " a vassal holding of a vassal , appeared ) , might well possess a castle of his own and command many knights , and be strong enough to defy his superior . We know of many occasions when ...
... feudal scale ( in France the word " vavassal , " a vassal holding of a vassal , appeared ) , might well possess a castle of his own and command many knights , and be strong enough to defy his superior . We know of many occasions when ...
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... feudal nobility were also in the ascendancy there . In the Holy Roman Empire , the Golden Bull of 1356 signified the triumph of federalism within that structure , establish- ing the election of the emperor by seven electoral princes of ...
... feudal nobility were also in the ascendancy there . In the Holy Roman Empire , the Golden Bull of 1356 signified the triumph of federalism within that structure , establish- ing the election of the emperor by seven electoral princes of ...
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