valvassors

He sprang from a race of valvassors or bannerets, of the diocese of

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

The legislative authority was inherent in the general assembly; but the executive powers were intrusted to three consuls, annually chosen from the three orders of captains, valvassors, [144] and commons, into which the republic was divided.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

The legislative authority was inherent in the general assembly; but the executive powers were intrusted to three consuls, annually chosen from the three orders of _captains_, _valvassors_, and commons, into which the republic was divided.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

Yet M. de St. Marc has accurately observed (Abrege Chronologique, tom.ii. p. 924) that in this age the capitanei were not captains, but only nobles of the first rank, the great valvassors of

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

The legislative authority was inherent in the general assembly; but the executive powers were intrusted to three consuls, annually chosen from the three orders of captains, valvassors, 144 and commons, into which the republic was divided.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

_valvassors_ or _bannerets_, of the diocese of Coutances, in the Lower

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

40 He sprang from a race of valvassors or bannerets, of the diocese of Coutances, in the Lower Normandy: the castle of Hauteville was their honorable seat: his father Tancred was conspicuous in the court and army of the duke; and his military service was furnished by ten soldiers or knights.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Chronologique, tom.ii. p. 924) that in this age the capitanei were not captains, but only nobles of the first rank, the great valvassors of

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765