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s, 275; condition of the ceorls, _ib._; privileges annexed to their possession of land, 276; position of the socage tenants, 277; condition of the British natives, _ib._; absence of British roots in the English language, 278 and _note_ g; constitution of the Witenagemot, 279, 374-379; administration of justice, and divisions of the land for the purpose, 280; hundreds and their probable origin, 280, 281, 379-381; the tything-man and alderman, 282, and 283 _note_ u; the county court and its jurisdiction, 282; contemporary report of a suit adjudicated in the reign of Canute, 283, 284 and _note_ y; trial by jury and its antecedents, 285-288; introduction of the law of frank-pledge, 289, 290; turbulence of the Anglo-Saxons, 290; progress of the system of frank-pledges, 291; responsibilities and uses of the tythings, 292, 293 and _notes_; probable existence of feudal tenures before the Conquest, 293-301, 408-410; observations on the change of the heptarchy into a monarchy, 352-356; consolidation of the monarchy, 356-358; condition, of the eorls and ceorls further elucidated, 358-371; proportion of British natives under the Anglo-Saxon rule, 371-374; judicial functions of the Anglo-Saxon kings, 381; analogy between the French and Anglo-Saxon monarchies, 383; peculiar jurisdiction of the king's court, 384-386. Anjou (Louis, duke of), seizure of Charles V.'s treasures by, i. 65, 66; his claim as regent, 68 and _note_; his attempt on the crown of Naples, and death, 69. See Charles of Anjou. Anselm (archbishop), cause of his quarrel with William II. and Henry I., ii. 194; Descartes's argument on the Deity anticipated by him, iii. 428. Appanages, effect of the system of, i. 88. Aquinas (Thomas), metaphysical eminence of, iii. 427; comparative obsoleteness of his writings, 428 _note_ i. Aquitaine, extent of the dominions so called, i. 116; character of its people 116, 117; effect of the wars of the Merovingian kings, 282. Arabia and the Arabs. See Mohammed. Aragon, bequest of to the Templars by Alfonso I., and reversal thereof, ii. 8; rise of the kingdom in political importance, 39; struggle for the succession to its crown, 39-41; points of interest in its form of government, 43; privileges of its nobles and
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