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They helped to administer land ownership disputes , for example , and fulfil royal decrees . Much land was owned by the king , and high members of the nobility owned estates . It was possible for people to buy ...
They helped to administer land ownership disputes , for example , and fulfil royal decrees . Much land was owned by the king , and high members of the nobility owned estates . It was possible for people to buy ...
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But when poor lands are taken into cultivation , or when more capital and labour are expended on the old land , with a ... both of which must ultimately suffer in an expanding economy from the fact that the supply of land was limited .
But when poor lands are taken into cultivation , or when more capital and labour are expended on the old land , with a ... both of which must ultimately suffer in an expanding economy from the fact that the supply of land was limited .
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At no time ' , to quote a military historian , ' ... were the land forces available for the peacetime policing and defence of the [ British ] empire ... sufficiently strong for the task.'16 This might not have mattered had Britain ...
At no time ' , to quote a military historian , ' ... were the land forces available for the peacetime policing and defence of the [ British ] empire ... sufficiently strong for the task.'16 This might not have mattered had Britain ...
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| Title | Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 121 Proceedings of the British Academy, British Academy, ISSN 0068-1202 |
| Author | British Academy |
| Publisher | British Academy |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2018 |
| ISBN | 0197263038, 9780197263037 |
| Length | 314 pages |
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