Word: feudality
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...Norman succession. But William's strongest claim was the oath of Harold, obtained from the Englishman during his sojourn at the court of Normandy while Edward was still living. This is the traditional view of William's claim. Belloc emphasizes it by dilating upon the nature of the feudal oath. Harold had become William's "man", and his repudiation of his own oath by taking the English crown for himself alienated feudal sympathy and put European public opinion, such as it was, squarely behind William...
Gaetano Salvemini, Lauro de Bosis Professor of Italian Literature, will give the first of a series of lectures on "The Free Communes of Mediaeval Italy" this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Emerson D. The first talk will be on "The Holy Roman Empire and Feudal Institutions in Italy during the 12th Century. The Rise of the Communes, or City States...
Gerald Smith, Louisiana Federation of Labor: The violations of the 18th Amendment are a Sunday School picnic compared with the violations of NRA. Louisiana is a feudal state...
...degree, a necessary thing, but to place it first among the functions of a university is, I repeat, a betrayal of the trust placed in us by society. It is to mistake a privilege for an inalienable right, exactly as the nobility and clergy of France forgot that their feudal privileges were merely payment for their services of protection and consolation and continued to demand those privileges long after they had ceased to do their duty. Society today is little tolerant of useless shibboleths. If we demand our privileges and refuse our duties we cannot expect so long a shrift...
...Atholl Highlanders, numbering about 500 Murraymen, get into their uniforms for great occasions but have no barracks or permanent organization in peacetime. In Wartime the Dukes of Atholl have the feudal right to levy additional troops from the Clan, uniform and equip them. They wear the Murray of Atholl tartan of blue and green squares, divided by thick black bands shot with...