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nguageandthis aanid likefranceshouldspeakalatintongue. therandsongottheeastepart,thelandh theronshadcalledgernia.thoseinhospitableregions hadneverbeenpartoftheoldeire.augustushad triedtohis``fareast,buthislegionshadbeen annihilatediheyear9andthepeoplehad neverbeeninfluehehigherroncivilisation.they spokethepopulargernigue.theteutonwordfor ``peopleissioherefore calledthegernlanguagethe``linguatheotiscaorthe ``linguateutisca,the``populardialedthisword ``teutiscae ``deutsd. asforthefausierialcroverysoonslipped offtheheadsofthecarolingiansuessorsandrolledbato theitalianplain,easortofplaythingofa nueroflittlepotentateseachother adstchbloodshedandission ofthepopeuntilitereaitious neighbour.thepope,onceresorelybesetbyhis enees,sentnorthforhelp.hedidnotappealtotheruler ofthe,thisti.hisssengers selvestootto,asaxon princehegreatestchieftainofthe differentgernictribes. otto,ionfortheblueskies andthegayaifulpeopleoftheitalianpeninsula, hasteherescue.iuforhisservices,thepope, leoviii,deotto``eeror,aehalfof hknohe``holy rohegernnation. thisstrangepolitiaolivetotheripe oldageofeighthundredandthirtynineyears.intheyear 1801,duringthepresidenasjefferson,itwas stuniouslyrelegatedtothehistorirapheap. thebrutalfelloaniceirewas thesonofarsiotarypublicadeabrilliant careerintheserviceofthefren.hewasruler ofeuropebythegraousguardregints,but hedesiredtobesothingre.hesenttoroforthe popeandthepopedstoodbywhilegeneralnapoleon placedtheierialcroed hielfheirtothetraditionofcharlegne.forhistoryis likelife.therethingsain thesa. thenorsen hepeopleoftheteury prayedthelordtoprotectthebr> frohefuryofthenorsen ihirdandfourthturies,thegernictribesof pire thattheyghtplunderroandliveoofthe land.ihans tobethe``plunderedoheydidnotlikethisatall,even iftheireneesen,who livedindenrkandswedenandnorway. forcedthesehardysailorstotupirate knooheyhaddisveredtheadvantagesandpleasures ofabueeringcareerthereop thetheyenduponapeacefulfrankish orfrisianvillage,situatedohofariver.they enandstealalltheehey heirfastsailingshipsandhesoldiers ofthekingoreerorarriveduponthese,therobbers aiafeouldering ruins. duringthedaysofdisorderhedeathof endevelopedgreatactivity.their fleetsderaidsuponeveryuntryandtheirsailorsestablished sllindepekingdoaloofholland andfrandenglandandgerny,andtheyevenfound theirenelligent theysooospeakthelanguageoftheirsubjed gaveuptheuncivilisedheearlyvikingsorsea kingsuresquebutalsoveryunwashed andterriblycruel. earlyihturyavikingbythenaofrollo hadrepeatedlyattackedtheastoffrahekingof fraoooresistthesenortherobbers,triedto bribethento``beinggood.heofferedtheheprovince ofnorndy,iftheyisetostopbtherest ofhisdoins.rolloaeptedthisbargainandbeca``duke ofnorndy. butthepassionofronginthebloodofhis children.acrosstheel,onlyafethe europeaninland,theyuldseetheecliffsandthe greenfieldsofengland.plandhadpassedthrough difficultdays.fortan lony.afterthero,ithadbeennqueredbythe anglesandthesaxons,tantribesfrochleswig. hedaneshadtakenthegreaterpartoftheuntry andhadestablishedthekingdofut.thedaneshad beendrivenaheeleveury anothersaxonking,edhenfessor,he throedexpectedtolivelongandhe hadnobitious dukesofnorndy. in1066eddiatelyofnorndy crossedtheel,defeatedandkilledharoldof hecrothebattleofhastings, andproclaidhielfkingofengland. inanotherchapterihavetoldyouhoheyear800a gernperor.nowin theyear1066thegrandsonofanorsepirateognised askingofengland. ruth ofhistoryissochreiingaertaining feudalisbr> ho threesides,beardca andwhyeuropewouldhaveperished houtthoseprofessional soldiersandadnistratorswho thefollohen,isthestateofeuropeintheyearone thousand,ostpeopleed theprophecyforetellingtheapproagendofthe onasteries,thatthedayofjudgent ghtfindthengagedupoduties. atanunknoanictribeshadlefttheirold hoinasiaandhadvedoeurope.by sheerpressureofheyhadforcedtheirothe roheyhaddestroyedthegre ...