The History of France, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858 - France |
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... tion of the spoil at Soissons . There the king asked that the vase should be given to him over and above his lot . To this demand a rude Frank demurred , de- claring the monarch should have but his share ; and he struck the vase with ...
... tion of the spoil at Soissons . There the king asked that the vase should be given to him over and above his lot . To this demand a rude Frank demurred , de- claring the monarch should have but his share ; and he struck the vase with ...
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... tion of Burgundy and Auvergne . Theuderich , of the Frank kings , was he who had the largest following and most formidable armies ; and to him , accordingly , Goth and Roman addressed themselves for aid . Theodoric was no more . The ...
... tion of Burgundy and Auvergne . Theuderich , of the Frank kings , was he who had the largest following and most formidable armies ; and to him , accordingly , Goth and Roman addressed themselves for aid . Theodoric was no more . The ...
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... tion ; but his duties and his office were alike foreign to Teutonic ideas , and unknown to the barbaric codes . The Major Domus was an officer of Roman origin , an- swering to the Count of the Palace and of the Domestics He was the He ...
... tion ; but his duties and his office were alike foreign to Teutonic ideas , and unknown to the barbaric codes . The Major Domus was an officer of Roman origin , an- swering to the Count of the Palace and of the Domestics He was the He ...
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... tion . Dagobert commenced his reign with power and haughtiness : south , west , and east obeyed him . Every- where he humbled the aristocracy , enforced taxation and Roman laws , and was more an emperor than a Frank king . With this the ...
... tion . Dagobert commenced his reign with power and haughtiness : south , west , and east obeyed him . Every- where he humbled the aristocracy , enforced taxation and Roman laws , and was more an emperor than a Frank king . With this the ...
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... tion of the political system of Charlemagne , was also the distinguishing characteristic of his judicial regula- * He used to have more than a hundred of his friends at the table with him . I. CHAP . I. tions . Under the Merovingians ...
... tion of the political system of Charlemagne , was also the distinguishing characteristic of his judicial regula- * He used to have more than a hundred of his friends at the table with him . I. CHAP . I. tions . Under the Merovingians ...
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