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Information from the accounting books of His Majesty on the villages of New Spain.
No full textInformation from the accounting books of His Majesty on the villages of New Spain. (Relación sacada de los libros de la contaduria de Su Magestad de los corregimientos)
The Parlement of Paris and crimes of lese majesty in France, 1328-1350
No full textThesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University
PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you.Fourteenth-century France witnessed the re-emergence of an old political crime: lese majesty. Embraced by the Parlement of Paris more than by kings, it re-emerged at a time ofdynastic change and continual warfare. The lese majesty ofthe fourteenth century extended beyond simple treason or rebellion to encompass multiple offenses, including armed robbery and manslaughter. An examination of lese majesty in the context of late- medieval France finds that it reflected contemporary political and judicial theories, joining ideas of sovereignty and criminality by way of the common good and justice. These connections were largely the product ofthe Parlement ofParis negotiating its own interpretation o f and adherence to the performance o f sovereign justice.
The dissertation, which examines the use of lese majesty by the Parlement of Paris during the reign of Philip VI Valois (r. 1328-1350), explores the relationships between the high judicial court, the king, other jurisdictions, and disputants; as well as the relationships between theories of crime, law, and sovereignty. Prosecuting lese majesty was an expression of a judicial culture that prized the ideals of justice and due process. Concentrating on those cases of lese majesty tried before Parlement, using the criminal and civil registers of Parlement housed in the Archives Nationales in Paris, the research engages with lese majesty as a category of crime utilized in the daily practice of trials and judgments. Through better understanding lese majesty, we gain a clearer picture of how sovereignty was conceptualized, articulated, and enacted at a transitional moment in French history
Subsidiary Application of the Roman Law in Pre-Partition Poland on the Example of the Crime of Lese-Majesty
No full textArtykuł ma na celu zbadanie wpływu prawa rzymskiego na praktykę sądową w procesach crimen maiestatis w dawnej Polsce. W ostatnich latach można zaobserwować w Polsce rosnące zainteresowanie rzymskim prawem karnym, które jako część spuścizny prawa rzymskiego, znalazło zastosowanie w porządku prawnym w Polsce przedrozbiorowej. Ponadto, wśród wielu przykładów zastosowania rzymskiego prawa karnego, crimen maiestatis, zasługuje na szczególną uwagę. Instytucja ta została włączona do średniowiecznego systemu prawnego w krajach europejskich, włączając Polskę. Pomimo rosnącej liczby regulacji prawa ustawowego, zbrodnia obrazy majestatu nie była przedmiotem jakiejkolwiek całościowej regulacji, która często była podkreślana przez doktrynę tych czasów i uczestników w procesach crimen maiestatis od XVI do XVIII w. Warunki do uzupełnienia luk w prawie zostały recypowane z prawa rzymskiego, a dokładniej z prawa powszechnego, które było rozumiane jako prawo starożytne zebrane w Corpus Juris Civilis, uzupełnione przez zasady i case law z praw zagranicznych i opinii prawników. Autor rozważa wpływ tego prawa na kwalifikacje pewnych aktów i ich etapy jako crimen laesae maiestatis, ocenę dowodów i okoliczności wyłączających bezprawność lub winę. Próba określenia znaczenia prawa rzymskiego dla praktyki prawnej powinna pozwolić autorowi zająć stanowisko w sprawie tezy, że istnieje subsydiarne stosowanie tego prawa w postępowaniu laesae maiestatis.The article aims to investigate the influence of Roman law on the court practice in the crimen maiestatis processes in old Poland. Recent years have seen a mounting interest of the studies in Poland in Roman criminal law, which, as a portion of the Roman legal legacy, made its way into the legal system of pre-partition Poland. In addition to numerous examples of the use of the Roman criminal law standards, lese-majesty deserves particular attention. This institution was accommodated to the legal systems of the Middle Ages in European countries, including Poland. Despite the growing number of regulations of statutory law, the crime of lese-majesty was not subject to any comprehensive regulation, which was often underlined by the representatives of the doctrine of the time and participants in lese-majesty processes from the 16th to the 18th century. Given such circumstances, the material to fill the gaps in the legislation was borrowed from Roman law, to be precise, common law, which was understood as the ancient law compiled in the Corpus Iuris Civilis, complemented by the principles and case law taken from foreign laws and lawyers' opinions. The author takes into consideration, among others, the impact of this law on the qualification of certain acts and their stages as crimen laesae maiestatis, the assessment of evidence and circumstances excluding unlawfulness or guilt. The attempt to assess the significance of Roman law to the legal practice should allow the author to take a stand on the thesis that exists the subsidiary application of this law in lese-majesty proceedings
Asia, the first part : being an accurate description of Persia, and the several provinces thereof : the vast empire of the Great Mogol, and other parts of India : and their several kingdoms and regions : with the denominations and descriptions of the c
No full textTitle concludes: Collected and translated from most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations; illustrated with notes, and adorn\u27d with peculiar maps and proper sculptures, by John Ogilby Esq., His Majesty\u27s cosmographer, geographick printer, and master of His Majesty\u27s Revels in the kingdom of Ireland.; Label : Library of the Congregation of U.B. of the Borough of Bethlehem and its vicinity. #402.; Archives copy lacks plates.; ESTC,; CCA.48.34 has bookplate of the 3rd Earl of Enniskille
The history of the Stockport Sunday School and its branch schools : together with a record of all movements connected with the Stockport Sunday School /
No full textAt head of title: Stockport Sunday School, under the special patronage of Her Majesty the Queen.Includes bibliographical references and index.Mode of access: Internet
Voice to Britons
No full text(Black and White) This postcard is a reprinted recruitment poem text, from the Bolton Chronicle, Aug.2. For this piece, Adamson received appreciation from Buckingham Palace on the direction of His Majesty the King. This card is uninscribed and unposted
Nepal: sublime surrounds simple life
No full textReport on trip to Nepal, environmental conservation, and human development, 1998. A trek in the Himalayas proves a stimulating mix of the sublime majesty of nature and the simple life of the Nepalis. They eke out a living, terracing steep slopes with manual labor. They seem backward; there is personal integrity in their weathered faces. Everest is an icon of this dialectic of majesty and poverty
‘Novels are not Nonsense’: 1920s and 1930s New Zealand reflected through the Fiction of Jean Devanny and John A. Lee.
No full textJohn Mulgan’s Man Alone (1939) has often been considered by historians and literary scholars as ‘the fullest prose rendering of what the New Zealand twenties and thirties felt like.’¹ This thesis argues that other contemporary novels, specifically those of Jean Devanny (1894 – 1962) and John A. Lee (1891 – 1982), present equally rich sources of information for historians researching early twentieth century New Zealand. Devanny and Lee both wrote novels set in a contemporary context, all of which offer critiques relevant to aspects of New Zealand society. These works often draw on and comment on entrenched understandings of gender, class and race, and thus provide a nuanced and sophisticated picture of 1920s and 1930s New Zealand. In this sense, the novels enable meaningful insights into contemporary issues. As Devanny asserts, they are by no means ‘nonsense’, but highly valuable and useful considerations relevant to contemporary lives and issues.² This thesis stresses that the contradictions and intricacies found in the novels of these two authors, Devanny’s in particular, should be utilised by historians as they reflect on various issues in early twentieth century New Zealand. Indeed, what might they say about New Zealanders’ understandings of their national history if Devanny’s The Butcher Shop (1926) or Lee’s Children of the Poor (1934) was regarded by historians as the quintessential novel of the 1920s and 1930s instead of Man Alone
La majesté sacrée du roi : images du souverain carolingien
No full textThe Sacred Majesty of the King : Images of a carolingian Sovereign.
The body of works examined consists of six representations of a sovereign in majesty (King or Emperor) from the Carolingian period, dated approximately between 840 and 875. The article’s aim is to define formal and iconographical characteristics associated with the idea of royal majesty in these manuscript images. It is shown that royal majesty is not defined by one element alone but by a combination of several elements. Its image is compared with other types of majesty, particularly those of Christ and David. The evolution of religious ideology in the ninth century forbades the assimilation of a sovereign’s majesty with divine majesty. The author therefore introduces the notion of « intermediary majesty » in order to account for the particular traits of the image of the Carolingian King, who remains a sacred personage in a sacred space (etymologically « forbidden »), while playing the role of an intermediary between God and the people.Aubert Dominique. La majesté sacrée du roi : images du souverain carolingien. In: Histoire de l'art, N°5-6, 1989. Iconographie. pp. 23-36
A new Genus and Species of Anthinid Fish from Sagami Bay, Japan
No full textThrough the courtesy of Dr. Ichiro TOMIYAMA, Professor of Tokyo University, the author was given an opportunity of examining an anthinid fish deposited in the Biological Laboratory, of the Imperial Household. This fish was collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan himself from the eastern part of Sagami Bay. Upon careful examination of it, it was found that it represented a new genus and species which is described herein as Zacallanthias sagamiensis. The author wishes to express his sincere gratitude to His Majesty who kindly permitted him to examine the specimens preserved in the Biolgical Laboratory. Special thanks are also due to Dr. TOMIYAMA for his showing favour tathe author in various ways
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