A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 151
ightto lavish so much treasurefor the purposes of theChurch. Henry was no lessa soldier than a devotee, andafter defeating the seditiousnobles, he restored to themtheir possessions and treatedthem as if nothing had oc-curred. When he went towar to subject and convertPoland and Sclavonia, he… … 134 LEGENDS AND STORIES three saints were visible, fighting by the side of Henry, und thutthi-ouo-h their aid he contiuered. The Church of Merseberg wasbuilt to commemorate this victory. He also fought in Italy anddrove the Saracens from Apulia. Henry had an especial venera-tion for the Virgin, and…
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