History for ready reference, from the best historians, biographers, and specialists : their own words in a complete system of history ... . tre was at last possessedand disgraced by Charles the Fat, who united allthe dominions of his great-grandfather. This un-worthy heir could not avail himself of recoveredterritory to strengthen or defend the expiringmonarchy. He was-driven out of Italy in A. and his death in 888 has been usually takenas the date of the extinction of the CarolingianEmpire of the West. . From all sides thetorrent of barbarism which Charles the Great hadstemmed was rushi
History for ready reference, from the best historians, biographers, and specialists : their own words in a complete system of history ... . tre was at last possessedand disgraced by Charles the Fat, who united allthe dominions of his great-grandfather. This un-worthy heir could not avail himself of recoveredterritory to strengthen or defend the expiringmonarchy. He was-driven out of Italy in A. and his death in 888 has been usually takenas the date of the extinction of the CarolingianEmpire of the West. . From all sides thetorrent of barbarism which Charles the Great hadstemmed was rushing down upon his . Under such strokes the already loosenedfabric swiftly dissolved. No one thought ofcommon defence or wide organization; the strongbuilt castles, the weak became their bondsmen,or took shelter under the cowl: the governor—count, abbot, or bishop — tightened his grasp,turned a delegated into an independent, a per-sonal into a territorial autliority, and hardlyowned a distant and feeble suzerain. ... In Ger-many, the greatness of the evil worked at lastits cure. When the male line of the eastern 1436.
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