Europe, 476-918Rivington, Percival & Company, 1895 - 532 էջ |
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... Lombard kings , or of the Mohammedan invasions of Italy and Sicily in the ninth century , or of several other not unimportant chapters in the early history of Europe . I am in hopes , therefore , that my attempt to cover the whole field ...
... Lombard kings , or of the Mohammedan invasions of Italy and Sicily in the ninth century , or of several other not unimportant chapters in the early history of Europe . I am in hopes , therefore , that my attempt to cover the whole field ...
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... Lombard Kings , 5. The House of Heraclius , 183 • 236 6. The Mayors of the Palace of the House of St. Arnulf , 7. The Descendants of Charles the Great , 260 413 APPENDIX . Names and Dates of the Emperors at Constantinople , the ...
... Lombard Kings , 5. The House of Heraclius , 183 • 236 6. The Mayors of the Palace of the House of St. Arnulf , 7. The Descendants of Charles the Great , 260 413 APPENDIX . Names and Dates of the Emperors at Constantinople , the ...
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... be disputed between the savage Lombard , the faithless Frank , and the exarchs of distant Byzantium . The conquest of Italy by Narses was destined to have one further episode ere it was yet complete . When Teia's Justinian 105.
... be disputed between the savage Lombard , the faithless Frank , and the exarchs of distant Byzantium . The conquest of Italy by Narses was destined to have one further episode ere it was yet complete . When Teia's Justinian 105.
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... Lombard invasion of Gaul . The new conquerors of Italy had passed the Alps , and thrown themselves upon the Frankish realm . Guntram of Burgundy , whose kingdom bore the brunt of the assault , prevailed upon his brothers to cease their ...
... Lombard invasion of Gaul . The new conquerors of Italy had passed the Alps , and thrown themselves upon the Frankish realm . Guntram of Burgundy , whose kingdom bore the brunt of the assault , prevailed upon his brothers to cease their ...
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... Lombard wars kept the Frankish kings en- gaged on their southern borders , and they were at last success- ful in forcing the invaders beyond the Alps , in a series of campaigns in which the chief glory was gained by the Romano- Gallic ...
... Lombard wars kept the Frankish kings en- gaged on their southern borders , and they were at last success- ful in forcing the invaders beyond the Alps , in a series of campaigns in which the chief glory was gained by the Romano- Gallic ...
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Էջ 454 - ... fermented bread is absolutely mortal. Such is one of the principal causes of the schism or the rending asunder of Poland ; the dispute has infused acrimony into their blood. Other causes have added to the effect. Some have imagined, in the paroxysms and convulsions of the malady under which they labor, that the Holy Spirit proceeded both from the Father and the Son : and the others have exclaimed, that it proceeded from the Father only. The two. parties, one of which is called the Roman party,...
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 the Ostrogoth alone deserves a mention by his side, and Theodoric had a smaller task and less success than the great Charles. For the first time since we began to tell the tale of the Dark Ages we have come upon a man whose form and mind, whose plans and method of life, have been so well recorded that we can build up for ourselves a clear and tangible image of him. Charles the Hammer, king Pippin, Leo the Isaurian, and even the good Theodoric himself, are but shadowy figures, whose outlines...
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 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 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.