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... Crown , the intendant of the province , and the paro- chial officers . These rights still retained by the lords , lay and clerical , consisted in the levying of dues on fairs and markets ; the monopoly of sporting , the power to compel ...
... Crown , the intendant of the province , and the paro- chial officers . These rights still retained by the lords , lay and clerical , consisted in the levying of dues on fairs and markets ; the monopoly of sporting , the power to compel ...
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... Crown , and by the Imperial Family . In Little Russia and Lithuania , again , serfdom was intro : duced in the reign of the Empress Catherine , who distri- buted serfs among the nobility . It was thus that as many as 30,000 male serfs ...
... Crown , and by the Imperial Family . In Little Russia and Lithuania , again , serfdom was intro : duced in the reign of the Empress Catherine , who distri- buted serfs among the nobility . It was thus that as many as 30,000 male serfs ...
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... Crown and the appanages was , however , in some degree different from this ; for though they were not at liberty to leave the soil , they were free from the more grievous kinds of oppression . Most of the lands - about three - fourths ...
... Crown and the appanages was , however , in some degree different from this ; for though they were not at liberty to leave the soil , they were free from the more grievous kinds of oppression . Most of the lands - about three - fourths ...
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... crown devolved being at some distance . The Prince of Carignano , however , was vain , fickle , and treacherous . He marched to the fron- tiers , but , instead of engaging the Austrians , he invited them to invade his country and to ...
... crown devolved being at some distance . The Prince of Carignano , however , was vain , fickle , and treacherous . He marched to the fron- tiers , but , instead of engaging the Austrians , he invited them to invade his country and to ...
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... Crown , the instinct of self - preservation dictated to the rulers the necessity for granting various privileges . In some of the northern States , however , the Austrian troops , being not far dis- least of two evils , and the tant ...
... Crown , the instinct of self - preservation dictated to the rulers the necessity for granting various privileges . In some of the northern States , however , the Austrian troops , being not far dis- least of two evils , and the tant ...
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