Europe, 476-918Rivington, Percival & Company, 1895 - 532 էջ |
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Էջ 135
... Austrasia against any attempts of his brothers of Paris , Soissons , and Burgundy against Spain . The fame of the beauty and wealth of Brunhildis then led the wicked Chil- perich of Soissons to ask and obtain her sister's hand , which ...
... Austrasia against any attempts of his brothers of Paris , Soissons , and Burgundy against Spain . The fame of the beauty and wealth of Brunhildis then led the wicked Chil- perich of Soissons to ask and obtain her sister's hand , which ...
Էջ 137
... from the family of Athanagild . Accordingly he asked for , and obtained the hand of his wife's granddaughter , Ingunthis , the daughter of Sigibert At the age of thirteen she was of Austrasia and The Visigoths in Spain 137.
... from the family of Athanagild . Accordingly he asked for , and obtained the hand of his wife's granddaughter , Ingunthis , the daughter of Sigibert At the age of thirteen she was of Austrasia and The Visigoths in Spain 137.
Էջ 138
... Austrasia as a Catholic , and , in spite of her tender age , refused to conform to the Arian creed of the Visigoths . If the Frankish chronicles are to be believed , she was subjected to the most violent treatment by her grandmother ...
... Austrasia as a Catholic , and , in spite of her tender age , refused to conform to the Arian creed of the Visigoths . If the Frankish chronicles are to be believed , she was subjected to the most violent treatment by her grandmother ...
Էջ 158
... Austrasia - Tyranny of Chilperich and Fredegundis - Decay of the Royal Power among the Franks - The House of St. Arnulf and Pippin - Brun- hildis regent in Austrasia - Wars of her grandsons - Her death- Chlothar II . sole king - His ...
... Austrasia - Tyranny of Chilperich and Fredegundis - Decay of the Royal Power among the Franks - The House of St. Arnulf and Pippin - Brun- hildis regent in Austrasia - Wars of her grandsons - Her death- Chlothar II . sole king - His ...
Էջ 162
... Austrasia - the Eastern kingdom ; Chilperich's less purely Teutonic realm , from the Meuse and Scheldt as far as the Loire , gets the name of Neustria , the New kingdom , or the New West kingdom , as others interpret it.1 The beginning ...
... Austrasia - the Eastern kingdom ; Chilperich's less purely Teutonic realm , from the Meuse and Scheldt as far as the Loire , gets the name of Neustria , the New kingdom , or the New West kingdom , as others interpret it.1 The beginning ...
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Էջ 206 - Have I not destroyed the Greeks ? You say that you trust in your God. Why has he not delivered out of my hand Caesarea, Jerusalem, and Alexandria?
Էջ 6 - Brittany, ..oo a!?oa rough confederacy of Celtic states. The Seine valley and the middle Loire formed a Romano-Gallic kingdom under Syagrius, the last governor who had acknowledged the supremacy of the empire beyond the Alps. The Cantabrians and Basques in their hills above the Bay of Biscay had preserved their independence against the Visigoths, just as their ancestors, five centuries before, had held out against the Roman conquerors of Spain. Lastly, there was still a fragment of territory on the...
Էջ 60 - God of his queen, and he cried, " Jesus Christ, whom Clotilda declares to be the Son of the living God, if Thou wilt grant me victory over these enemies, I will believe in Thee and be baptized in Thy name.
Էջ 339 - Theodoric himself, are but shadowy figures, whose outlines we can but dimly seize, but Charles stands before us firm and masterful, a living man, whom we can understand and admire. ' He was tall and stoutly built,' writes his chronicler, Einhard ; ' his height just seven times the length of his own foot. His head was round, his eyes large and lively, his nose somewhat above the common size, his expression bright and cheerful. Whether he stood or sat his form was full...
Էջ 407 - Neustrian dominions which had been left him, though the child of his father's declining years had been specially commended to his protection. But he did not follow up his threats by any prompt action against the young king, but went off to Germany to conclude the campaign against his war of the brother Lewis of Bavaria, which his dead father thr« brothers. had left half finished. But on arriving in Bavaria he did not strike down his enemy, but made a six months' truce with him, and returned to Neustria.
Էջ 207 - But I will pardon your faults if you will submit to me, and come hither with your wife and children, and I will give you lands, vineyards, and olive groves, and look upon you with a kindly aspect. Do not deceive yourself with vain hope in that Christ, who was not even able to save himself from the Jews, who killed him by nailing him to a cross.
Էջ 382 - It was but a short epitaph considering the mighty deeds of him who lay beneath, but no length of words could have done justice to his greatness. A far better memorial was left to him in the hearts of his subjects ; his name survived in the mouths...