Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 143
inst the Lombardsin Italy, and thus had an early experience of actualwarfare. It was in return for his services against the Lombardsthat the Pope consented to make Pepin king of theFranks. Charlemagne was only a boy of about twelvewhen, with solemn pomp and ceremony, his father wasanointed king,… … His Father Was Anointed King. have made on the boys imagination, and how oftenafterwards he must have dreamed of the time when he himself should be king, and of all the great things that he would do. Pepin, asyou will haveseen, was aChristian, andlooked uponhimself as thechampion ofthe Popeand…
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