The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire; and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763; in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, Volume 1A. Small, 1822 - Europe |
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... usurpations of the Roman pontiffs during his minority 1072 He begins his administration with suppressing disor- ders and remedying abuses · Is summoned to appear before the papal tribunal for having exposed the investure of bishops to ...
... usurpations of the Roman pontiffs during his minority 1072 He begins his administration with suppressing disor- ders and remedying abuses · Is summoned to appear before the papal tribunal for having exposed the investure of bishops to ...
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... usurpations of that sovereign people ( for I speak of the times of the republic ) were covered with a certain majesty , which rendered even tyranny respectable . But their government carried in its bosom the seeds of destruction . The ...
... usurpations of that sovereign people ( for I speak of the times of the republic ) were covered with a certain majesty , which rendered even tyranny respectable . But their government carried in its bosom the seeds of destruction . The ...
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... usurpations of the church , he placed the imperial crown upon the altar , and ordered the prince to put it on his own head17 ; intimating thereby , that he he held it only of God . The emperor died at Aix - la - Chapelle , his usual ...
... usurpations of the church , he placed the imperial crown upon the altar , and ordered the prince to put it on his own head17 ; intimating thereby , that he he held it only of God . The emperor died at Aix - la - Chapelle , his usual ...
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... usurpations . The popes thought they might do any thing under so pious a prince : they did not wait for the emperor's confirmation of their election , but imme- diately assumed the tiara , and were guilty of other irregulari- ties . The ...
... usurpations . The popes thought they might do any thing under so pious a prince : they did not wait for the emperor's confirmation of their election , but imme- diately assumed the tiara , and were guilty of other irregulari- ties . The ...
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... usurpation led to another ; abuse constituted right - a quibble appeared a divine law ; ignorance sanctified every thing ... usurpations of the clergy were in a great measure occasioned by the slavish superstitions of the laity , equally ...
... usurpation led to another ; abuse constituted right - a quibble appeared a divine law ; ignorance sanctified every thing ... usurpations of the clergy were in a great measure occasioned by the slavish superstitions of the laity , equally ...
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Page 180 - A young girl richly dressed, with a child in her arms, was set upon an ass superbly caparisoned. The ass was led to the altar in solemn procession. High mass was said with great pomp. The ass was taught to kneel at proper places ; a hymn no less childish than impious was sung in his praise : and when the ceremony was ended the priest, instead of the usual words with which he dismissed the people, brayed three times like an ass ; and the people, instead of the usual response, We bless the Lord, brayed...
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Page 276 - ... the images, the statues of the saints were laid on the ground ; and, as if the air itself were profaned, and might pollute them by its contact, the priests carefully covered them up, even from their own approach and veneration. The use of bells entirely ceased in all the churches : the bells themselves were removed from the steeples, and laid on the ground with the other sacred utensils.
Page 181 - These were inspired by the spirit of chivalry, which, though considered, commonly, as a wild institution, the effect of caprice, and the source of extravagance, arose naturally from the state of society at that period, and had a very serious influence in refining the manners of the European nations.
Page 179 - Redeem then your souls from destruction while you have the means in your power: offer presents and tithes to churchmen; come more frequently to church; humbly implore the patronage of the saints; for, if you observe these things, you may come with security in the day of retribution to the tribunal of the Eternal Judge, and say, ' Give to us, O Lord, for we have given unto thee.
Page 302 - So help me God I will keep all these articles inviolate, as I am a man, as I am a Christian, as I am a knight, and as I am a king crowned and anointed.
Page 88 - Nor was this ignorance confined to laymen ; the greater part of the clergy was not many degrees superior to them in science. Many dignified ecclesiastics could not subscribe the canons of those; councils, in which they sat as members. Nouv. Traite de Diplom.
Page 117 - THE merit of this prince, both in private and public life, may, with advantage, be set in opposition to that of any monarch or citizen, which the annals of any age or any nation can present to us. He seems, indeed, to be the complete model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination...
Page 257 - The more his heart was disposed to friendship and affection, the more he resented the barbarous return which his four sons had successively made to his parental care; and this finishing blow, by depriving him of every comfort in life, quite broke his spirit, and threw him into a lingering fever, of which he expired, at the castle of Chinon, near Saumur.
Page 394 - Are ye angry that ye have lost your " leader ? I am your king : I will be your leader." The populace, overawed by his presence, implicitly followed him : He led them into the fields...