A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . they exercised the dominant influence indetermining the ciiaracteristics of the future nation. In particular,they moulded the feudal system in accord with their hereditary mili-tary organization, and raised it into a power of hitherto unkno\^-nefficacy. The monarchy, it must be confessed, at first derived nogain from the alliance. Nearly the entire tenth ccnttiry was a period of interminablecivil war, during which the autiiority of the nominal monarch grewsteadily more shadowy. CharKs the Simple was oppose
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . they exercised the dominant influence indetermining the ciiaracteristics of the future nation. In particular,they moulded the feudal system in accord with their hereditary mili-tary organization, and raised it into a power of hitherto unkno\^-nefficacy. The monarchy, it must be confessed, at first derived nogain from the alliance. Nearly the entire tenth ccnttiry was a period of interminablecivil war, during which the autiiority of the nominal monarch grewsteadily more shadowy. CharKs the Simple was opposed by anti-kings, Duke Robert of Francia, and (from 92:]) Rudolf of Bur- FROM CHARLES TUE SIMPLE TO IlUOn CAPET. s;3 gundy, who, from Charless death in 929 to his own in 93G, possessedthe empty honor undisjjuted. He was succeeded by the son ofCharles the Simple, Louis dUutremer (from beyond seas), socalled because his mother, Edwina, tied with him for safety to herbrother, Athelstau king of England, when he was three years most powerful nobles of his reign were Hugh (Hugo) the. Fig. as. — Coin of Louis IV. dOutiemer. Obv. : Centre, LVDOVICVS in a : GRATIA 1)1 HEX. Rev. : Between two crosses. PARISI CIVITAin two lines. Silver denarius. (From de Witt.) White, or the Great, of Francia, WilUam Longsword of Normandy,and Count Herbert of Verniandois. Louis (Fig. 23) was succeededby his son Lothair (954-986), who possessed little power. Witlihis son and successor, Louis V. le Faineant (986-987), the directline of Charlemagne became extinct. His authority extended overonly the city of Laon and its immediate neighborhood. Passing byLouiss uncle, Duke Charles of Lower Lorraine, the nobles, assembledat Noyon, bestowed the crown on the powerful son of Hugh theWhite, Duke Hugh of Francia, better known to English readers asHugh Capet. He was anointed and crowned at llheims, and estab-
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