The end of the eighteenth century, when the French Revolution had rendered many thinking men discontented with existing institutions, was known in Germany as the period of Storm and Stress.
Suabian League.
A league of the cities of Suabia formed in 1376, for mutual defence against the depredations of the Counts of Würtemberg.
Subinfeudation.
The practice of making grants of land by the holders of hereditary fiefs to sub-vassals, to be held on terms similar to those on which the grantor held from his overlord. This is the real origin of the feudal system in its fullest development.
Submission of the Clergy, Statute of.
A Statute passed in 1534, embodying an agreement forced upon Convocation by Henry VIII in 1532. It enacted that no new canons should be issued without the royal sanction, and that the power of summoning Convocation should be vested in the King, who should also be entitled to appoint commissioners to revise the Canon Law.
Subsidiary System.
A system introduced by Warren Hastings in his dealings with Oude, and extended by the Marquis of Wellesley. Under this system native states acknowledged the paramountcy of the British Government, which in return guaranteed their integrity and independence. They were bound not to make war without the consent of the Government, and undertook to maintain a force to be at the Government’s disposal when required.