Note 123
Sanut very sensibly descants on the mischiefs
of female succession, in a land hostibus circumdata, ubi
cuncta virilia et virtuosa esse deberent.
Yet, at the summons, and with the approbation, of her feudal lord, a
noble damsel was obliged to choose a husband and champion,
(Assises de Jerusalem, c. 242, &c.) See in M. De Guignes
(tom. i. p. 441 - 471) the accurate and useful tables of
these dynasties, which are chiefly drawn from the Lignages
d'Outremer.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 58