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Excerpt from Notes on International LawThe modern conception of a state occupying a definite area of territory has gradually arisen out of the settlements made by the Teutonic tribes on the wreck of the Roman Empire. Scattered Teutonic tribes gathered into larger wholes, nations. They were migratory nations, and the idea Of sovereignty was not connected with domain over any particular part of the earth's surface. Alaric was king of the Goths wherever they might be, on the banks of the Tagus, the Tiber, or the Danube. These conquering tribes were at first simply encamped on the wreck of the Roman Empire, but gradually, by what is called the process of feudalization the elec tive chiefs became hereditary lords of given areas Of land. This idea did not become dominant, however, until after the breaking up of the Empire of Cha'rles the Great, out of the fragments of which arose most of the modern states of Europe. The comple tion of the transition from personal to territorial sovereignty is marked by the accession of the Capetian Dynasty in France.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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