. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. ace and promised toaccept any conditions. Henry re-established the old boundaries of theempire, by giving the abandoned districts as a fief to Saxon warriors; hegave these northern districts a similar military organisation to the markscaptured from the Wends. The districts between the Eider, the Treene, andthe Schlei, called later the mark of Schleswig, remained in the GermanEmpire until Conrad II, nearly a hundred years la
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. ace and promised toaccept any conditions. Henry re-established the old boundaries of theempire, by giving the abandoned districts as a fief to Saxon warriors; hegave these northern districts a similar military organisation to the markscaptured from the Wends. The districts between the Eider, the Treene, andthe Schlei, called later the mark of Schleswig, remained in the GermanEmpire until Conrad II, nearly a hundred years later, ceded to the Danesthe land as far as the Eider. This cession seemed to be favoured by cir-cumstances, but it was not a fortunate act, since it displaced the boundarieswhich Charlemagne had established and Henry had restored.^ The same year (934 ) a friendly meeting took place betweenhim and the kings of France and Burgundy on the Char, a tributary ofthe iSIaas. Henry afterwards planned a visit to Rome, but died withoutaccomplishing that project (936 ), when at the height of his splendourand renown. He was buried at Quedlinburg, his favourite CHAPTER VIII OTTO THE GREAT AND HIS SUCCESSORS [936-1024 ]THE CORONATION OF OTTO (936 ) In the summer of 936 the leading men of the secular and clerical ranksassembled at Aachen to elect a king. Times had changed decidedly sincethe year 619, when Henry I received the crown. At his election only theFrankish duke Eberhard with his vassals and the archbishop Heriger ofMainz had appeared, besides the Saxon nobility. The whole kingdom tookpart in Ottos election ; all the German dukes, the archbishops, and probablya great many other high clerical and secular dignitaries proceeded to Saxon lords who had already decided in favour of Otto accompanied himthither; as he approached, those who had already gathered in the city wentout to meet him and brought him back in a triumphal procession. The elec-tion to
Size: 2051px × 1218px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpub, booksubjectworldhistory
