History of mediæval art . Fig. 112.—The Baptistery of Poitiers. 2l6 THE CHRISTIAN ART OF THE NORTH. was the case in Hohenburg near Strasburg, in Egisheim near Col-mar, and probably also in the bishoprics of Salzburg and castles were built entirely anew they were seldom plannedas fortifications,—the rulers, like their vassals, living in open or episcopal castles upon elevations, as at Wurzburg andFreising, had become exceptional after the age of Bishop Nicetiusof Treves, at least in those towns which had not originally beenbuilt by the Romans. This unfavorable condi
History of mediæval art . Fig. 112.—The Baptistery of Poitiers. 2l6 THE CHRISTIAN ART OF THE NORTH. was the case in Hohenburg near Strasburg, in Egisheim near Col-mar, and probably also in the bishoprics of Salzburg and castles were built entirely anew they were seldom plannedas fortifications,—the rulers, like their vassals, living in open or episcopal castles upon elevations, as at Wurzburg andFreising, had become exceptional after the age of Bishop Nicetiusof Treves, at least in those towns which had not originally beenbuilt by the Romans. This unfavorable condition of architecture was in accordancewith the troublous times of the last Merovingian kings. A greatadvance was at once made upon the accession of the Carolingiandynasty to the Frankish throne, especially after Charlemagne, A. to 814, had elevated his empire to the first power in Christen-dom. Not less remarkable for his furtherance of learning than forhis successes in politics and warfare, Charlemagne had earl
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