. 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:. e Frankish: on his body, a linen shirtand linen thigh coverings; then a tunicwith a silken hem and stockings. Hewound garters round his legs and clad hisfeet in shoes. His chest and shoulderswere protected from the cold by a doubletof otter and sable skin. Wrapped in a sea-blue cloak he always carried a sword athis girdle, this and the hilt being inter-laced silver and gold. Sometimes he worea sword studded with gems, but o
. 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:. e Frankish: on his body, a linen shirtand linen thigh coverings; then a tunicwith a silken hem and stockings. Hewound garters round his legs and clad hisfeet in shoes. His chest and shoulderswere protected from the cold by a doubletof otter and sable skin. Wrapped in a sea-blue cloak he always carried a sword athis girdle, this and the hilt being inter-laced silver and gold. Sometimes he worea sword studded with gems, but only onhigh days and holidays or on the visit ofsome foreign embassy. He held the for-eign styles of dress in the greatest con-tempt however fine they might be, norwould he ever submit to be robed in once, in Rome, at the request of thepontiff Adrian, and again at the earnestrequest of his successor Leo, did he wraphimself in the long tunic and chlamys andwear shoes of the Roman shape. On fes-tival days he would stalk about in a gar-ment woven with gold and shoes studdedwith precious stones; a golden pin claspedhis cloak and he wore a splendid crown made of. A Frankish Trumpeter On gold and jewelsother days his dress differed little from that of an ordinary person. He ate and drank moderately, but he was especially moderate in drink-ing for he had the greatest horror of drunkenness in any man to say nothingof himself and his companions. He was less abstemious in eating andwould often growl that fasting was bad for his body. He very seldom gavebanquets, indeed, only on the chief festival days, but then they were at-tended in great numbers. His daily meal was furnished from four coursesin addition to the roast meat which the hunters were wont to bring in onspits and of which he partook more freely than of any other dish. Whileat his meals he would hear some sort of performance or reading. Historiesand the valorous deeds of the men of old were read over to him. He wasfond
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