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Title: A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Davis, William Stearns, 1877-1930 McKendrick, Norman Shaw, 1876- jt. auth
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Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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es, and even imitated the old pagan sacrifices and templerites. Morality was sacrificed to the mere delight of knowingthe world, and indulging in all manner of new sensations.When the old restraints were withdrawn, men often becameunscrupulous in the pursuit of any darling ambition.1 Hencethe stories of intrigues and elegant criminality with which thisItalian age is full; yet in the end the good outweighed the bad. 1 The following story will illustrate how insatiate was the desire of Italiansof this age for fame — at whatever cost. In 1414, the tyrant of the Italian cityof Lodi had as his guests both the Emperor (Sigismund) and the Pope (JohnXXIII). He took his guests upon a high tower to show them the view ofthe city. While there a desire seized him to hurl them both thence, and sorender his own name immortal as the destroyer of both Pope and Emperor!He resisted the temptation. His guests retired unharmed; but in after yearsthe tyrant lamented his scruples and his lost opportunity.
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CERVANTES Spanish novelist Born 1547 Died 1616 DANTE ALIGHIERI Italian poet Born 1265 Died 1321

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