. 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 . William the Conqueror, Dcke of Normandt. Hugh Capet Ascends the Throne Chapter LXXXI FEUDAL FRANCE AND HUGH CAPET have yet to trace these fading Carlovingian kings a littlefurther, before they disappear in utter nothingness, andtheir crown is finally wrenched from them by theirovergrown subjects, the Counts of Paris, descendantsof that Count Eudes who ha
. 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 . William the Conqueror, Dcke of Normandt. Hugh Capet Ascends the Throne Chapter LXXXI FEUDAL FRANCE AND HUGH CAPET have yet to trace these fading Carlovingian kings a littlefurther, before they disappear in utter nothingness, andtheir crown is finally wrenched from them by theirovergrown subjects, the Counts of Paris, descendantsof that Count Eudes who had already tasted the sweetsof royal power. The title of King of France had indeed become onlyan empty honor. We have reached the period oifcud-stem which had slowly spread itself over much of Europe,its fullest development in France. Each soldier, each serf,of the field was subject to the petty noble whose strongered nearest to his defenceless home. This noble com-m in war, and was supposed to protect him in jDcace. Theas in turn subject to some greater lord, from whom heis estate qx fetid on the promise of military service. Thisgreater noble w-as perhaps vassal to one of the great Dukes, andthey in turn swore allegiance to the King. Thus in theory the King was the head of al
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