History of France, from the Year 420 to the Surrender of Metz, 18701870 |
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... instead of fighting , he concluded a shameful treaty with the Normans , gave them a sum of money , and abandoned Burgundy to be plundered by them . The people , indignant , deposed Charles , who returned 24 HISTORY OF FRANCE .
... instead of fighting , he concluded a shameful treaty with the Normans , gave them a sum of money , and abandoned Burgundy to be plundered by them . The people , indignant , deposed Charles , who returned 24 HISTORY OF FRANCE .
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... conclude a treaty with Rollo , their chief ; Neustria , which received the name of Normandy , was ceded to him , upon condition that he and his followers embraced Christianity . He was created " Duke , ” and as such was required to do ...
... conclude a treaty with Rollo , their chief ; Neustria , which received the name of Normandy , was ceded to him , upon condition that he and his followers embraced Christianity . He was created " Duke , ” and as such was required to do ...
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... concluded a treaty with him , by which Otho gave up Lorraine to Lothaire and Charles . He offended his nobles by this moderation ; many of them declared him to be more German than French , and went over to the side of Hugh Capet ...
... concluded a treaty with him , by which Otho gave up Lorraine to Lothaire and Charles . He offended his nobles by this moderation ; many of them declared him to be more German than French , and went over to the side of Hugh Capet ...
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... concluded a truce with Saladin , by which it was agreed that the Christians should be allowed to freely visit Jerusalem and the Holy Sepulchre . Upon his return to France Philip had encouraged the am- bition of John Lack - land ...
... concluded a truce with Saladin , by which it was agreed that the Christians should be allowed to freely visit Jerusalem and the Holy Sepulchre . Upon his return to France Philip had encouraged the am- bition of John Lack - land ...
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... concluded a treaty of peace with the Bey of Tunis , which was advantageous to the Christians and to the King of Naples . The epoch of the Crusades now ends . The king quelled a revolt , headed by the Count of Foix , who had unjustly ...
... concluded a treaty of peace with the Bey of Tunis , which was advantageous to the Christians and to the King of Naples . The epoch of the Crusades now ends . The king quelled a revolt , headed by the Count of Foix , who had unjustly ...
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Anne of Austria arms arrested Artois assassinated Assembly attacked besieged Bonaparte Bourbon Bretagne brother Cardinal Carloman caused Charles of Valois Charles VII Charles X Clotaire command Convention Count cried crown Crusade daughter dauphin death declared defeated died duchy Duke of Berri Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans Earl Edward emperor enemy England English Ferdinand Flanders forced gained the battle gave German Girondists Guise Henry Henry II Hugh Italy joined killed King of France king's kingdom league Lorraine Lothaire Louis XIV marched Maria Marie de Medicis marriage married Mazarin Metz Milan minister named Naples Napoleon Navarre nobles Normandy Paris parliament peace Pepin Philip Pope possession Prince of Condé prisoner Protestants provinces Prussian queen received refused regent reign retired retreat returned to France revolted Richelieu Robespierre royal Savoy sent siege sons soon Spain succeeded surnamed throne took town treaty troops Valois victory wife wounded
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 185 - I put myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim from your royal highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies.
Seite 142 - We swear eternal fidelity to the nation, the law, and the king; to maintain to the utmost of our power the constitution decreed by the national assembly, and accepted by the king; and to remain united with every Frenchman by the indissoluble ties of fraternity.
Seite 153 - ... fear of God and love of the people. He perished, the victim of passions which he did not share; of those of the persons about him, to which he was a stranger, and to those of the multitude, which he had not excited.
Seite 158 - you have only to wait at the playhouse door, and mark those who come out, and to observe who have servants, carriages, and silk clothes ; and if you kill them all, you are pretty sure you have killed so many aristocrats. Or if ten in a hundred should be patriots, it don't signify — you have killed ninety aristocrats.
Seite 168 - Buonaparte at last advanced. Such were the confusion and terror of the enemy when he came near .the camp, that they abandoned their works, and flung themselves by hundreds into the Nile. The carnage was prodigious. Multitudes more were drowned. Mourad and a remnant of his Mamelukes retreated on Upper Egypt. Cairo surrendered : Lower Egypt was entirely conquered. Such were the immediate consequences of the battle of the Pyramids. The name of Buonaparte now spread panic through the East ; and the '^Sultan...
Seite 153 - At ten minutes after ten he had ceased to live. Thus perished, at the age of thirty-nine, after a reign of sixteen years and a half, spent in endeavouring to do good, the best but weakest of monarchs. His ancestors bequeathed to him a revolution. He was better calculated than any of them to prevent and terminate it; for he was capable of becoming a reformer-king before it broke out, or of becoming a constitutional king afterwards. He is, perhaps, the only prince who, having no other passion, had...
Seite 110 - Correggio ! this Venus of Titian ! that incomparable Deluge of Caracci ! Ah ! my friend, I must quit all these. Farewell, dear pictures, that I loved so dearly, and that cost me so much...
Seite 138 - Monsieur, tell those who sent you that we are here by the will of the People, and that nothing but the force of bayonets...
Seite 137 - Men did not without enthusiasm see the return of a national ceremony of which France had for so long a period been deprived. It had all the appearance of a- festival. An enormous multitude flocked from all parts to Versailles; the weather was splendid; they had been lavish of the pomp of decoration. The excitement of the music, the kind and satisfied expression of the king, the beauty and demeanour of the queen, and, as much as anything, the general hope, exalted every one.
Seite 157 - He was on his first appearance in the mob-meetings of his district the constant butt of the company, and maltreated by all, even to gross personal rudeness. The mob, however, always took his part, because of the violence of his horrid language. Thus, long before he preached wholesale massacre in his journal, he had denounced 800 deputies as fit for execution, and demanded that they should be hanged on as many trees. His constant topic was assassination, not...