. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . France—Suger and Louis VI. 807 his old age, Louis the Fat, is rather misleading. In his younger days he wasknown as Louis the Alert and the fighter. He stands out as one of theablest of the early kings. The duty of royalty was, in his eyes, to punishwrong and administer justice, and he did both with a resolute hand. Oneplunderers stronghold after another
. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . France—Suger and Louis VI. 807 his old age, Louis the Fat, is rather misleading. In his younger days he wasknown as Louis the Alert and the fighter. He stands out as one of theablest of the early kings. The duty of royalty was, in his eyes, to punishwrong and administer justice, and he did both with a resolute hand. Oneplunderers stronghold after another yielded to his determined sieges. Thechurch supported him gladly; and after a while the peasantry also recognizedhis service to themselves, and we begin to find them taking part with hisknights in the assaults on the petty tyrants of their fields. The Abbot Suger, who had been the Kings teacher in youth, remained theable counsellor of his reign, and is the first of those great ministers of France,who did so much to raise the power of her kings. By degrees Louis extendedhis hand beyond his immediate neighborhood. His strength was felt, andsomething of his sovereignty recognized, in southern France. Prayers for helpcame to him even fr
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