. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . understand this period of the Bourbons, duringwhich the sovereigns became absolute in France, we must glancefor a moment over the various powers existing in the state. Farback in barbarous days all authority had belonged to the war-riors—that is, to the mass of the people themselves. Theirchiefs, like Hermann and Clovis, were freely elected a
. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . understand this period of the Bourbons, duringwhich the sovereigns became absolute in France, we must glancefor a moment over the various powers existing in the state. Farback in barbarous days all authority had belonged to the war-riors—that is, to the mass of the people themselves. Theirchiefs, like Hermann and Clovis, were freely elected and heldtheir rank only by personal ability in leadership. When, however, the Franks scattered over France and be-came heads of a vast and populous domain, there w^as no prac-tical way by which the widely separated warriors could expresstheir authority, and it was gradually usurped by a few of their chiefs. Thepeople lost all influence, and at last, through misery and war, sank into ignorantand abject slavery. Then slowly, at first through the efforts of the trading class, the city burgh-ers, the people began to re-assert themselves, to gather wealth, and with iteducation and intelligence. We have seen the cities growing more and more.
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