Germany: The Spirit of Her History, Literature, Social Condition, and National Economy; Illustrated by Reference to Her Physical, Moral, and Political Statistics, and by Comparison with Other Countries |
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... Italian politics . Pepin carried on successful wars against the Bavarians and Saxons : the latter were compelled to pay him a tribute of three hundred horses ; and one of the conditions of a treaty between them and the Franks was , that ...
... Italian politics . Pepin carried on successful wars against the Bavarians and Saxons : the latter were compelled to pay him a tribute of three hundred horses ; and one of the conditions of a treaty between them and the Franks was , that ...
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... Italy , and Louis , his brother , king of Aquitaine . : Conquest invariably attended the arms of Charlemagne ; he defeated the duke of Bavaria , and parcelled out his duchy into counties ; subjugated the Sclavonians in Pomerania ; and ...
... Italy , and Louis , his brother , king of Aquitaine . : Conquest invariably attended the arms of Charlemagne ; he defeated the duke of Bavaria , and parcelled out his duchy into counties ; subjugated the Sclavonians in Pomerania ; and ...
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... Italy , —and of having neglected to hold the customary assemblies in the month of March ; for these offences he was constrained to do penance in public . He was afterwards absolved by his bishops at St. Denis ; but his rebellious sons ...
... Italy , —and of having neglected to hold the customary assemblies in the month of March ; for these offences he was constrained to do penance in public . He was afterwards absolved by his bishops at St. Denis ; but his rebellious sons ...
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... Italy , and was proclaimed king in 877 ; he died without legitimate issue in 880 ; and Bavaria now fell to his brother Lewis , Italy to Charles the Fat . Lewis had also no legitimate issue ; he died , 882 , of chagrin , after having ...
... Italy , and was proclaimed king in 877 ; he died without legitimate issue in 880 ; and Bavaria now fell to his brother Lewis , Italy to Charles the Fat . Lewis had also no legitimate issue ; he died , 882 , of chagrin , after having ...
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... Italy ; and was buried in the abbey of Quedlinburg , which he had founded . Otho , son of Henry the Fowler ... Italian expeditions . It was to him that the German clergy was principally indebted for its power and prosperity ; he ...
... Italy ; and was buried in the abbey of Quedlinburg , which he had founded . Otho , son of Henry the Fowler ... Italian expeditions . It was to him that the German clergy was principally indebted for its power and prosperity ; he ...
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