 So far as we know, he never made a law. Had he made laws, had he even made good use of those that were already made, there might have been no Norman Conquest of England. But then had there been no Norman Conquest of England, Edward would never have gained...  A Sketch of English Legal History - Página 13por Frederic William Maitland, Francis Charles Montague - 1998 - 229 páginasVista previa limitada - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry Duff Traill - 1894 - 568 páginas
...laws which we might now be reading. As it was, there came to the throne the holy but imbecile Edward. In after-days he won not only the halo of the saint,...glories. As it was, men looked back to him as the last of tjje English kings of the English — for of Harold, who had become the perjured usurper, there could... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann - 1909 - 438 páginas
...king made oath to observe the laws of the Confessor. So far as we know, he never made a law. Had ho made laws, had he even made good use of those that...him as the last of the English kings of the English — for of Harold, who had become the perjured usurper, there could be no talk — and galled by the... | |
 | Frederic William Maitland - 1911 - 510 páginas
...made oath to observe the laws of the Confessor. So far as we 424 Outlines of English Legal History know, he never made a law. Had he made laws, had he...him as the last of the English kings of the English — for of Harold, who had become the perjured usurper, there could be no talk — and galled by the... | |
 | Frederic William Maitland, Francis Charles Montague - 1915 - 256 páginas
...party had to see to gathering the 'fruits of judgment, ' as we say, for himself. In case of continued refusal to do right according to the sentence of the...him as the last of the English kings of the English — for of Harold, who had become the perjured usurper, there could be no talk — and galled by the... | |
 | 1918 - 854 páginas
...may have been entitled, but the fame, to which he cer•76td., p. 165. 10 Ibid., pp. 167-168. tainly was not entitled, of having been a great legislator....him as the last of the English kings of the English — for of Harold, who had become the conquered usurper, there could be no talk — and galled by the... | |
 | George Macaulay Trevelyan - 1926 - 768 páginas
...Edward never even attempted it.1 1 ' In after days/ writes Maitland. ' the holy but imbecile Edward won not only the halo of the saint, to which he may...those that were already made, there might have been EARL GODWIN 109 The most serious bar to all national progress was the government of England in half... | |
 | Frederic William Maitland - 1911 - 512 páginas
...now might be reading. As it was, there came to the throne the holy but imbecile Edward. In after days he won not only the halo of the saint, to which he...him as the last of the English kings of the English — for of Harold, who had become the perjured usurper, there could be no talk — and galled by the... | |
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