Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . y works still existing, written by the old Ro-man authors. These are in the Latin language, which, as I havebefore said, was spoken by the Romans. Many of them are very in-teresting, and from these, modern nations have derived a large part oftheir most valuable laws and institutions. 8. What of the power of the pope about the year 1100? When was it at its highest pi tch?How long did its sway continue. 9. What was the state of the world at this time? OfRome? 10. What took place in 1517? What of Martin Luther ? What was the resulto
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . y works still existing, written by the old Ro-man authors. These are in the Latin language, which, as I havebefore said, was spoken by the Romans. Many of them are very in-teresting, and from these, modern nations have derived a large part oftheir most valuable laws and institutions. 8. What of the power of the pope about the year 1100? When was it at its highest pi tch?How long did its sway continue. 9. What was the state of the world at this time? OfRome? 10. What took place in 1517? What of Martin Luther ? What was the resultof the Reformation ? 11. What of the pope at the present day ? Where are his domin-ions? Of what church is he the head? 13. What of the present city of Rome ? 13. How»re travellers afTected in Rome ? What of the people ? How has their spirit been crush-ed ? 14. What of old Roman works? In what language are they written? What hav«the moderns derived from these work* _ . 14 158 SCHOOL HISTORY. CHAPTER XCV.—EUROPE CONTINUED. About several other Italian View in Venice. 1. You know that Italy is now divided into several distinct king-doms or states. Each of these has its history, and at some future dayit will be well for you to read the story of these celebrated this little book I can only give you a very brief account of two orthree of them. 2. The kingdom of Naples, or the kingdom of the two Sicilies, in-cludes the island of Sicily and the southern extremity of the penin-sula of Italy. It embraces the foot of the figure of the boot, which Ihave before mentioned. This kingdom has a population of eight mil-lions five hundred thousand. 3. The history of Naples, after it was separated from the Eomanempire, possesses very little interest. It passed first into the handsof one tribe of northern invaders, then into the hands of another, andthen into the hands of another. After this it was subject to Spainand other countries, until at length it became an independen
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