Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 33
controlled with an iron hand their tendencies to schism.Feudalism, which was gathering strength, and which already knew its ownpower, never retrograded; it sometimes halted and was at rest, but it wasonly waiting a more propitious season to continue its path. Charlemagnessuccessors were, in fact,… … Fig. 3.—Mounted Barbarian in the Soman Service.—From an Antique Monument. the reconstruction of the ancient manors, the repair of their fortifications,and the construction of new ones, so as to arrest the devastating invasionsof the Normans, of the Saracens, of the Hungarians, and of the Danes.…
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