The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, 5. köideAinsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton F. Finley & Company, 1895 |
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... took over three decades of fighting to reduce these honest , brave Saxons to complete submission . The Saxon conquest later on formed a barrier against the inroads of the Normans , over whose entry into a port in Gaul for plunder ...
... took over three decades of fighting to reduce these honest , brave Saxons to complete submission . The Saxon conquest later on formed a barrier against the inroads of the Normans , over whose entry into a port in Gaul for plunder ...
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... took part , and which afterwards affected the current of his whole existence , origi- nated in the unhappy state of Rome , and in the continual and increasing pressure of the Lombards upon that unstable republic which had arisen in ...
... took part , and which afterwards affected the current of his whole existence , origi- nated in the unhappy state of Rome , and in the continual and increasing pressure of the Lombards upon that unstable republic which had arisen in ...
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... took on himself the name of emperor , being conse- crated by the lord Pope Leo . " Very similar in substance is the account of the Chronicle of Moissac ( ad ann . 8or ) : " Now when the king , upon the most holy day of the Lord's birth ...
... took on himself the name of emperor , being conse- crated by the lord Pope Leo . " Very similar in substance is the account of the Chronicle of Moissac ( ad ann . 8or ) : " Now when the king , upon the most holy day of the Lord's birth ...
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... took up his abode there . In 781 Alcuin was sent by Archbishop Eanbald to Rome to procure the pallium , and on his return met Charlemagne at Parma . The king had already been aware of Alcuin's reputation , and now em- braced the ...
... took up his abode there . In 781 Alcuin was sent by Archbishop Eanbald to Rome to procure the pallium , and on his return met Charlemagne at Parma . The king had already been aware of Alcuin's reputation , and now em- braced the ...
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... of monarchs , under- took to conduct embassadors from the French king to the presence of the Caliph . Three envoys were accordingly sent , under the conduct of Isaac the Hebrew , as he 38 HISTORIC CHARACTERS AND FAMOUS EVENTS .
... of monarchs , under- took to conduct embassadors from the French king to the presence of the Caliph . Three envoys were accordingly sent , under the conduct of Isaac the Hebrew , as he 38 HISTORIC CHARACTERS AND FAMOUS EVENTS .
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