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"The hermandad," they said, "is an institution most salutary to the nation, and is approved by it as such.— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1
At a congress general of the deputies of the hermandad, held at Pinto, at the commencement of the present year, 1483, with the view of reforming certain abuses in that institution, a liberal grant was made of eight thousand men, and sixteen thousand beasts of burden, for the purpose of conveying supplies to the garrison in Alhama.— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1
The maintenance of the royal guard and of the vast national police of the hermandad, the incessant military operations of the late campaign, together with the equipment of a navy, not merely for war, but for maritime discovery, were so many copious drains of the exchequer.— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1
A group of men from the local hermandad, dress in purple and carry the gigantic litter, with an image of Cristo Moreno, the real one remains permanently housed en La Iglesia de Las Nazarenas in downtown Lima.— By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog
Notwithstanding the popular constitution of the hermandad, and the obvious advantages attending its introduction at this juncture, it experienced so decided an opposition from the nobility, who discerned the check it was likely to impose on their authority, that it required all the queen's address and perseverance to effect its general adoption.— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1
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