A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Fig. 52. — Coins of Arnulf of Carinthia. 1. Obv.: Cross, with four globes. Legend: t ARNOLPVS RE. Rev.: Churcli. Legend: MOCONCIAE CIVIT. 2. Obv.: A cross, with the letters A R X P disposed about it, and three globes at the centre. Legend: SA COLONIA. Rev.: A cross with the letters T and : RNA. L. lECIO. (From Cappe.) only insecurely at first. Saxony remained virtually independentunder tlie powerful Count Ludolf, who gradually raised himself tothe position of a duke. In the southeast the Moravians,
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Fig. 52. — Coins of Arnulf of Carinthia. 1. Obv.: Cross, with four globes. Legend: t ARNOLPVS RE. Rev.: Churcli. Legend: MOCONCIAE CIVIT. 2. Obv.: A cross, with the letters A R X P disposed about it, and three globes at the centre. Legend: SA COLONIA. Rev.: A cross with the letters T and : RNA. L. lECIO. (From Cappe.) only insecurely at first. Saxony remained virtually independentunder tlie powerful Count Ludolf, who gradually raised himself tothe position of a duke. In the southeast the Moravians, underthe ambitious Svatopluk, threw off the Frankish yoke, and extendedtheir conquests in all directions. But just at this point Arnulf wona victory which gave his kingdom a firm basis, and led to an im-provement in the condition of German affairs. He overtook a vasthost of the northern sea-robbers, w^hich nad been pillaging and plun-dering far and wdde, at Louvain, where they took up an almostinaccessible position. They had assembled in a camp protected bywooden and earthen intre
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