511
Speech, liberty of, secured,
510
State,
councils of,
165;
revenues of the,
487
States, barbarian,
232,
281
States,
modern,
201,
448;
comparison of, with the Roman Empire,
113,
201
Statute of Acton Burnel,
420
Statute in confirmation of charters,
330
Statute granted to the clergy,
499
Statutes, formation of,
461,
482
Stephen,
wars of,
274;
regal power of,
300;
charters of,
305
Sub-enfeoffment, origin of,
124
Subsidies,
conditions attached to,
461,
497,
498;
appropriation of,
480
Succession, hereditary,
101,
158,
159,
209,
212
Suffolk, earl of,
501
Suffrage, universal, origin of,
339
Suffrage, right of,
381,
385
Suffrage, Roman,
181
Suinthila, king of the Visigoths,
212
Susceptor,
199
Suzerainty,
172,
173
System, electoral, of England,
377-388,
408,
517
System, feudal,
14,
35,
126,
173,
146,
158,
171,
175;
establishment of, in Normandy,
103,
283;
origin of the,
112
System, municipal,
200;
decay of,
202,
204
System, municipal, Roman,
178;
effects of the,
180,
181;
extension of the,
186;
results of the,
189;
abolition of the,
192
System, philosophical,
343
System, representative,
nature of the,
348;
object of,
440;
principle of,
440,
449
Systems, judicial, of France and England,
287
T.
Tabularii,
147
Talliage,
364
Taxes levied by Edward I.,
326
Taxes levied by Edward III.,
479,
498
Taxes levied by Henry III.,
323
Taxes levied by the Norman kings,
296,
305,
306
Taxes levied by Richard II.,
497
Taxes, right of imposing,
364,
480,
495
Taxes, voting of,
400,
481
Taxes, distinction between, and the civil list,
496
Taxes, imposition of, in France,
110
Tenchebray, battle of,
273
Tenure, laws of,
114,
117,
120,
124,
135
Tenure, Montesquieu on,
116
Tenure, of national assemblies,
293
Territory, divisions of, under the Anglo-Saxons,
42
Territory, divisions of, by the Frankish kings,
86,
92
Thanes, history of the,
33-35
Theodosius the Great,
24
Theodoric,
dominions of,
86 invasion of Spain by,
207;
death of,
208
Theodoric II.,
208
Theory of law,
217
Theory of power,
219,
220
Theory of reconciliation,
338
Theory of royalty,
218
Theories of representation,
335,
336;
consequences of,
337
Theories of government,
341
Theudegisil, king of the Visigoths,
210
Thorismund,
208
Time,
past, importance of the study of,
5;
present characteristics of the,
21
Toledo, general councils of,
211-213,
221,
230;
political influence of the,
231,
233;
Abbé Mariana on the,
241
Tories,
their estimation of Saxon and Norman institutions,
283;
opinions of, on national assemblies,
290;
on electors,
377;
theories of, refuted,
382
Towns, English,
importance of,
268,
306,
362,
364;
liberties of,
265,
280;
effects of the Norman conquest on,
294;
deputies of, called to Parliament,
362;
representation of,
366
Towns, conquered, treatment of, by the Romans,
181
Trial, by ordeal,
249,
251
Trial by jury,
250,
252
Tribute, laws of,
108
Truth,
difficulty of attaining the,
19;
characteristics of,
68
Tyranny,
local, effects of,
174;
origin of;
340,
341
Tythes,
institution of,
326;
continuation of,
372
U.
Unity,
definition of,
62,
265;
power of, in government,
72
University of Oxford first represented in Parliament,
373
Usurpation, frequency of,
223
V.
Vascons or Basques, defeat of the,
210
Vassals,
etymology of the term,
122;
condition of,
175
Vassals, royal, duties of,
296
Vassalage,
122,
126
Visigoth legislation, character of,
215
Visigoths,
laws of the,
119,
125,
177,
208,
215;
national assemblies of,
211;
institutions of,
237
Visigoths, monarchy of the, in Gaul,
207,
208
Visigoths, monarchy in Spain,
207,
210
Visigoths,
bishops of the,
232;
character of,
236
Visigoths,
kings of the,
207-214;
duties of the,
225
Votes, classification of,
420
W.
Wallia, king of the Visigoths,
207
Wamba,
213
Wars, civil,
274,
275,
280,
311,
519;
results of,
301,
520
Wars of Clovis,
34
Wars of Edward II.,
456
Wars of Henry III.,
323
Wars of Stephen,
274
Wars regulated by Parliament,
486
Wars of York and Lancaster,
519;
effects of, on the representative form of government,
520
Wealth, stationary condition of,
131
Wealth, of the Norman kings,
295
Wehrgeld, or classified value of life,
137,
138
Whigs, opinions of the,
on Saxon and Norman institutions,
283;
on national assemblies,
291;
on the election of members,
377
Will, philosophy of,
337,
338,
344;
representation of,
339;
province of the,
344
Will representation,
343
William the Norman,
changes in the legislature instituted by,
45,
272;
conquest of England by,
211;
charters of,
303
William Rufus, political character of the reign of,
272
Wittenagemot,
composition of the,
46;
powers of,
49,
51;
character of the,
52;
assemblies of the,
284,
292,
449
Withema,
211
Witiza, reign of,
214
Writs of Chancery,
297
Writs of convocation,
371,
373,
374
Writs of election,
386
Y.
Yeomanry, English, origin of the,
36