History and geography of the middle ages for colleges and schools. (Chiefly from the French.).

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D. Appleton and Company, 1857 - 454 pagina's
 

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Pagina 1 - For schools and colleges. A clear exposition of the revolution of the Middle Ages, with such general views of literature, society and manners as are required to explain the passage from ancient to modern history. Analytical! summaries at the heads of chapters. THALHEIMER'S MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.
Pagina 311 - ... no one ought to be treated as such, unless he had committed treason against his lord, as Lucifer had done against God; but they had done no such thing, for they were neither angels nor spirits, but men formed after the same likeness with their lords, who treated them as beasts. This they would not...
Pagina 1 - Ages, with such general views of literature, society and manners, as are required to explain the passage from ancient to modern history, At the head of each chapter there is an analytical summary, which will be found of great assistance in examination or in review. Instead of a single list of sovereigns, I have preferred giving full genealogical tables, which are much clearer and infinitely more satisfactory.
Pagina 203 - ... was admitted to the presence of Gregory, who re-instated him in favor — to the extent of removing the sentence of excommunication (1077). Henry afterwards avenged his humiliation. He raised an army, invaded Italy, and drove Gregory into exile at Salerno, where he died. His last words were, " I have loved justice and hated iniquity, and therefore I die in exile
Pagina 187 - ... Thuringians and the Saxons, and soon recognized by the Suabians and Bavarians, opened the dominion of that illustrious house of Saxony to which Germany owes its organization and the permanent possession of the imperial sceptre. Henry repressed the ambition of the great vassals by forming a regular army, and building in the provinces fortified castles, to which he drew, by the grant of important privileges, the ninth part of the inhabitants of the country. He established marches or margraviats,...
Pagina 235 - ... these great expeditions necessarily brought with them were more than compensated for by the advantages which they procured for the whole of Europe. "The Crusades saved Europe from the Mussulman invasion and this was their immediate good. Their influence was felt, too, in a manner less direct, but not less useful. The Crusades had been preached by a religion of equality in a society divided by odious distinctions. All had taken part in them, the weak as well as the strong, the serf and the baron,...
Pagina 248 - IV., the golden bull (1356) — so called from the golden seal affixed to it — sanctioned all the rights and privileges which the great vassals had usurped. It confirms the exclusive right of election to seven princes, the archbishop of Mayence, Treves, and Cologne ; the" king of Bohemia ; the count Palatine of the Rhine ; the duke of Saxony, and the margrave of Brandenburg.
Pagina 209 - Dozsa was placed upon a throne of red-hot iron, and crowned with a crown of the same metal ; his captains were tortured and executed.

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