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 432
the Church.—The Eastern Empresses.—The HolyEoman Ladies.—Olympiade, Melanie, Marcella, and Paula.—Charity at the Court of theFranks.—St. Margaret of Scotland and Matilda of England.—Hedwige of Poland.—Originof the Lazar-houses.—The Lazarists in France and in England.—Progress and Vicissitudesof the… … T Christs coming, the Greco-Roman civi-lisation had reached the last stagesof corruption, and the slavery of thevast majority of men failed to satisfythe thirst for supremacy which de-voured the small section of privilegedleaders in ancient society. The bar-barian peoples, on their part,…
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