Lecture Xviii.--Page 148

Simultaneous existence of three systems of institutions, after the settlement of the Franks in Gaul.

Conflict of these three systems.

Summary of this conflict, its vicissitudes, and results.

Its recurrence in local and central institutions.

Of local institutions under the Frankish monarchy.

Of the assemblies of free men.

Of the authority and jurisdiction of the great landowners in their estates.

Of the authority and jurisdiction of the dukes, counts, and other royal officers.