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Charlemagne was probably the more disposed to grant peace to the Saxcns ,
from the fact that he had received the most urgent entreaties from pope Adrian 1.
to rescue Rome from the hands of the Lombards . Apart from all considerations of
...
Charlemagne was probably the more disposed to grant peace to the Saxcns ,
from the fact that he had received the most urgent entreaties from pope Adrian 1.
to rescue Rome from the hands of the Lombards . Apart from all considerations of
...
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... they received from him the most precise directions as to their conduct , and
rendered to him an account of all they saw and did . He , in fact , only multiplied
his own energy and activity by the number of agents he employed . In all the
affairs of ...
... they received from him the most precise directions as to their conduct , and
rendered to him an account of all they saw and did . He , in fact , only multiplied
his own energy and activity by the number of agents he employed . In all the
affairs of ...
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... its Divine Master , has never been entirely lost sight of . The fact that , in these
latter days , Rome has shown herself the implacable foe of education , must not
blind us to the fact , that Charlemagne could find aid in his 106 LIFE AND TIMES.
... its Divine Master , has never been entirely lost sight of . The fact that , in these
latter days , Rome has shown herself the implacable foe of education , must not
blind us to the fact , that Charlemagne could find aid in his 106 LIFE AND TIMES.
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the fact , that Charlemagne could find aid in his educational projects only from the
clergy . " Whatever reproach , " says Mr. Macaulay , may , at a later period , have
been justly thrown on the indolence and luxury of the religious orders , yet , in ...
the fact , that Charlemagne could find aid in his educational projects only from the
clergy . " Whatever reproach , " says Mr. Macaulay , may , at a later period , have
been justly thrown on the indolence and luxury of the religious orders , yet , in ...
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Would the innumerable ecclesiastical writers have made no mention of the fact ,
that the metropolis of the world had become the domain of the church ? Would
Eusebius have passed it over in silence ? If Constantine had given , would not ...
Would the innumerable ecclesiastical writers have made no mention of the fact ,
that the metropolis of the world had become the domain of the church ? Would
Eusebius have passed it over in silence ? If Constantine had given , would not ...
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Page 107 - Whatever reproach may, at a later period, have been justly thrown on the indolence and luxury of religious orders, it was surely good that, in an age of ignorance and violence, there should be quiet cloisters and gardens, in which the arts of peace could be safely cultivated, in which gentle and contemplative natures could find an asylum, in which one brother could employ himself in transcribing the...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Life and times of Charlemagne Monthly series |
| Contributor | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) |
| Publisher | Religious Tract Society, 1799 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 192 pages |
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