Alcuin of YorkLectures delivered in the cathedral church of Bristol in 1907 and 1908 . *2a • Jili 7<* ^ ^V ^0|. Silk stuff of the seventh or eighth century. To face p. 292 EARLY FRENCH AND GERMAN. 293 into Theotisc or Deutsch, that all might may be of interest to give the earliest specimenswe have of these native languages. Philologically,these examples are of the very highest importance. In 841, after the dreadful battle of Fontenai nearVezelay in Burgundy, where Charles-le-Chauve andLouis-le-Germanique combined against their brotherLothar and their nephew Pepin and defeated
Alcuin of YorkLectures delivered in the cathedral church of Bristol in 1907 and 1908 . *2a • Jili 7<* ^ ^V ^0|. Silk stuff of the seventh or eighth century. To face p. 292 EARLY FRENCH AND GERMAN. 293 into Theotisc or Deutsch, that all might may be of interest to give the earliest specimenswe have of these native languages. Philologically,these examples are of the very highest importance. In 841, after the dreadful battle of Fontenai nearVezelay in Burgundy, where Charles-le-Chauve andLouis-le-Germanique combined against their brotherLothar and their nephew Pepin and defeated them,they held a Congress at Strassburg to confirm theiralliance. Louis and Charles each made announcement inLatin of the purpose of their agreement, and oftheir intention to take in public an oath each toother. That done, Louis, as the elder, first tookthe oath. Being the ruler of the German portionof the empire, he took the oath in the language ofthe Franks, the Eomance tongue, Kustica Romana,in order that the adherents of Charles might hearand understand his undertaking. These were thewords of his oath, pr
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