Author : Thomas Hodgkin
Release : 2015-07-09
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Italy and Her Invaders, Vol. 7 by : Thomas Hodgkin

Download or read book Italy and Her Invaders, Vol. 7 written by Thomas Hodgkin. This book was released on 2015-07-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Italy and Her Invaders, Vol. 7: 744-774 The two volumes now offered to the public complete my history of Italy and her Invaders. In accordance with the original design and the title of the work, the story of the invading nation is treated as fully as that of the invaded land, and the reader will consequently find the early chapters of the Seventh Volume almost exclusively occupied with Frankish affairs. Afterwards the narrative concerns itself with two leading events, the foundation of the temporal power of the Pope and the proclamation of Charles as Emperor of Rome. Tedious this history must often be, since it has to be compiled, not from the vivid narration of an Ammianus or a Procopius, but from jejune chronicles and shreds of Papal correspondence, which often tell us the beginning of a story without its end. But, however unattractive may be the recital, the period is well worthy of careful study for the sake of the light which it throws on the whole history of Medieval Europe. I think my readers will find that the struggles of Guelfs and Ghibellines, and the pages of Dante's 'De Monarchia, ' are rendered more intelligible by a study of the letters in the Codex Carolinus. It might perhaps have been expected that a history of the Lombard state would take some note of the upgrowth of Lombard architecture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.