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The Liberty of the Clink was an area in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames, opposite the City of London. Although situated in Surrey the liberty was exempt from the jurisdiction of the county's sheriff and was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Winchester who was usually either the Chancellor or Treasurer of the King.
The Clink was a prison in Southwark, England, which operated from the 12th century until 1780. The prison served the Liberty of the Clink , a local manor area owned by the Bishop of Winchester rather than by the reigning monarch.
"The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns" is an essay by Benjamin Constant, which is a transcript of a speech of the same name made at the Royal Athenaeum of Paris in 1819. [1] In the essay, Constant discusses two different conceptions of freedom: One held by "the Ancients", particularly by those in Classical Greece ; the other ...
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He famously concluded his call to arms: “Give me liberty, or give me death.” Patriots embraced Henry’s dramatic refrain, and rallying militia members sewed it into their hunting shirts.
Lecky's History of European Morals was one of Mark Twain's favorite books, and influenced the writing of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. [ 7 ] Lecky then concentrated on his major work, A History of England during the Eighteenth Century , Vols. i. and ii. of which appeared in 1878, Vols. v. and vi in 1887, [ 8 ] and Vols. vii. and ...