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When, in the thirteenth century, Jean d'Ibelin and Philip of Novara edited the "Assises" of Jerusalem, they referred to Godfrey as a law-making king, and attributed to him a code, the "Letters of the Holy Sepulchre", which never existed.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Several rare and useful books, the Assises de Jerusalem, Ramusius de Bello Constantinopolitano, the Greek Acts of the Synod of Florence, the Statuta Urbis Romae, were procured, and introduced in their proper places the supplements which they afforded.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 1994
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The principles were established and the procedure regulated by the "Assises de Jérusalem"
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In the end, in this great assemblie it was decreed that M. Covell, [he was the gaoler of Lancaster Castle,] by reason of his Office, shall be slaine before the next Assises, the Castle at
Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster Thomas Potts
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Not even the names of these are all known, though two of them were the well-known John of Ibelin, who composed, before 1266, the "Livre des Assises de la Cour des Barons", and Philippe de
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The Assises de Jerusalem were the digest of feudal law, composed by
The Talisman 1894
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Facsimile of the title page of "The Great Assises holden in Parnassus."
Bacon is Shake-Speare Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence 1875
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Several rare and useful books, the Assises de Jerusalem, Ramusius de Bello
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Edward Gibbon 1765
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Several rare and useful books, the Assises de Jerusalem, Ramusius de Bello
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Edward Gibbon 1765
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Yet, at the summons, and with the approbation, of her feudal lord, a noble damsel was obliged to choose a husband and champion, (Assises de Jerusalem, c. 242, &c.)
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765
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