Initially a partisan of Raymond VI of Toulouse in the war between the Albigensian Crusade and the baronage of Languedoc, Bertran switched sides and did homage for his lands to Philip II of France in December 1211.
42.
The Exchequer of the Jews was one of the means which enabled the kings to bring pressure upon the lesser baronage, who therefore claimed in 1251 the right to elect one of the justices of the Jews.
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Like most of the baronage of southern France, Gaston did not participate in the Third Crusade, because of the grand conflict between the crown of Aragon on the one hand and the county of Toulouse on the other.
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*The article concerned, Baron of Cartsburn, connects via the link'Baronage of Scotland'to a clear reference to the status of these baronies, so there is no doubt of what is being referred to.
45.
The medieval fief of Licosa, established by the abbot Constabilis in 1123, was part of the baronage of " Castello dell'Abate ", and was administered by the abbots of La Trinit?della Cava.
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Edward was humiliated by his disastrous defeat, while Lancaster and Warwick had not taken part in the campaign, claiming that it was carried out without the consent of the baronage, and as such in defiance of the Ordinances.
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Whatever was done to help the people, served to reduce the power of the great feudal baronage, to disarm their forces, to abolish their jurisdictions, to diminish their chances of tyranny . ( Early Plantagenets )"
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Ferdinand's failure, leading to disillusion and the revolt of 1837, was due mainly to his making no attempt to gain support in the Sicilian middle class, with which he could have faced the power of the baronage.
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Over time, he increased the degree of his control over the barons, removing his enemies and bolstering his friends until the " reconstructed baronage ", as historian Warren Hollister describes it, was predominantly loyal and dependent on the King.
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The new leadership, eventually headed by Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester and his son Hugh the younger Despenser, proved no more popular with the Baronage, and in 1321 Lancaster was again at the head of a rebellion.
