Young Folks' History of FranceD. Lothrop, 1880 - 490 pages |
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Page 128 - July; and on the 23rd of the same month Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen ruler of the new kingdom ; he, however, piously refused to wear a crown of gold where his Lord had worn a crown of thorns, and contented himself with the modest title of Baron of the Holy Sepulchre.
Page 81 - To the august Charles, crowned by God, the great and peaceful emperor of the Romans, life and victory!
Page 64 - ... great number of Arabs and Abdel-Rhaman himself were slain. At the approach of night both armies retired to their camps. The next day, at dawn, the Franks moved out of theirs, to renew the engagement. In front of them was no stir, no noise, no Arabs out of their tents and re-assembling in their ranks. Some Franks were sent to reconnoitre, entered the enemy's camp, and penetrated into their tents ; but they were deserted. "The Arabs had decamped silently in the night, leaving the bulk of their...
Page 83 - ... only Lodwig was left. This last son he caused to be accepted as Emperor by all his chief nobles in the church at Aachen, and then made him a discourse on the duties of a sovereign to his people ; after which he bade the young man take a crown that lay on the altar and put it on his own head. " Blessed be the Lord, who hath granted me to see my son sitting on my throne,
Page 78 - ... his ability, that he could calculate the courses of the planets in his head, though he never wrote easily, in spite of carrying about tablets in his bosom, and practising at odd times. Latin was, of course, familiar to him ; St. Augustine's " City of God " was his favorite book ; and he composed several hymns, among them the Veni Creator Spiritus — that invocation of the Holy Spirit which is sung at Ordinations.
Page 62 - IV, and fought the battles of the Franks against the Saxons and Frisians, besides making himself known and respected in the Province and Aquitaine, where the soft Roman Speech softened his name into Carolus and translated his nickname into Martellus, so that he has come down to our day as Charles Martel. Whether it was meant that he was a hammer himself, or that he carried a hammer, is not clear, but it...