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The Modern World

1884

The charter now obtained secured for the first time all orders of the people in their rights and privileges; the monarchy of the country was declared by it to be limited ; and it was expressly provided that no taxes were to be levied from the people except in a few special cases without the consent of the general council of the barons and the clergy that all cities and boroughs were to be allow [...] The results of these struggles were the almost entire annihilation of the power of the barons and the extinction of villeinage which liberated the aspirtions of the people and enabled them to move forward and assume their proper place in the commonwealth. [...] The popular spirit however which had been gaining force during the Tudor period now began to develop itself—inconveniently for the theory of the divine right of kings ; and in the reign of Charles I. the Crown and the Commons found themselves in direct opposition to each other and battled for their rights those of the latter being vindicated by the success of the Great Rebellion " and final [...] The progress of commerce under the Tudors and the Stuarts and the construction of roads and highways that kept pace with it gave agricultural development its greatest impetus ; and by the reign of Anne the whole interior of the country was full of farms. [...] The formation of a regular staff of officers for the army dates from the reign of Elizabeth when it was organised in connection with the wars of the Dutch Protestants and the Huguenots and those of the Netherlands with France.
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Pages
335
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.141909
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
1-4 Shoshee Dutt view
Chapter I. Introductory Remarks
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Chapter II.Great Britain
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Chapter III.The Dependencies of The Beitish Empire
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Chapter IV. The United States of America
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Chapter V. France or the Grand Nation
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Chapter VI. Germany
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Chapter VII. Russia
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Chapter VIII. The Minor States of Eueope
228-262 unknown view
Chapter IX. China
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Chapter X. Resume
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Index
313-332 unknown view
Opinions of the Press on Previous Editions
i-iii unknown view

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