Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. FIFTH PERIOD. Europe In The Middle Ages. From The Coronation Of Pipin To The Fall Of ConStantinople. (701 Years.) 752 A. D.-1453 A. D. The alliance struck between the ruler of the Franks and the head of the Chris'tian Church in the middle of the eighth century, marks the beginning of a period which Features of mediseval lasted for seven centuries. Its annals record some history. of the noblest achievements of mankind, and many of the greatest lives of Chris'tendom contributed to make these ages what they were. The Feud'al System--that strange link between the early world and ours--the so-called restoration of the Ro'man Empire, the influx of the Nor'mans, the political power of the papacy, the Crusades, the Great Charter of Eng'land, the new birth of learning, the Eng'lish Parliament, --all these great subjects and others of equal importance, belong to the Middle Ages. Connected with them are the names of the great Emperors Char'le magne, Ot'to, and Barbaros'sa; the masterful Rulers. Popes Hil'debrand, Alexan'der, and In'nocent III.; the French Kings Phil'ip Augus'tus and St. Louis; and the Nor'man-English William the Conqueror, the Plantag'enet Richard Lion-heart, and Edward I. This was the grand age of building--of Cologne' and Rheims and West'minster; then Pe'trarch and Tas'so and Boccac'cio and Dan'te in It'aly, and Chau'cer in Eng'land, lived and Letters. 07 wrote. The Cid in Spain, the Bruce in Scot'land, and the Maid of Orleans are among its heroic characters who have fixed themselves forever in the imagination of Chris'tendom. The mere chronology of events of these busy centuries would exceed the limits set for this chapter; a volume would not contain the simplest narrative which Only a general view should attempt to..
