Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 44
Soissons (Fig. 17), and of Vezelay, underwent nearly the samevicissitudes that Cambrai and Laon had experienced, and finally attained,after similar trials, a similar position. Perhaps Cambrai, of all the Frenchcommunes, was the most exacting towards the feudal power that it wastrampling under foot.… … Fig. 17.—Seal of the Commune of Soissons, representing the Mayor of Soissons, armed at all points,in the midst of the Sheriffs of the Town (1228).—National Archives of France. vassal had ever claimed or obtained more in the exercise of his feudalrights (Fig. 18). The inauguration of the communal…
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