File:Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270 (1902) (14766504792).jpg

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Title: Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Bémont, Charles, 1848-1939. (from old catalog) Monod, Gabriel Jacques Jean, 1844-1912, (from old catalog) joint author Sloan, Mary, (from old catalog) tr Adams, George Burton, 1851- (from old catalog) ed
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Publisher: New York, H. Holt and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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historian, left the fol-lowing description of him: He was stout and vigorous,of good stature, although his neck was short and thick,and he had a large, prominent abdomen; yet he was sowell proportioned that these defects were not noticeable.His eyes were large and bright, the nose somewhat long;he had beautiful white hair, and an open, pleasing counte-nance. His step was firm, and his whole bearing wasvirile, but his thin voice was not in keeping with his size.*Like all the members of his family, he had given upwearing his hair long, in the Merovingian way. He woreno beard, and his moustache was thin and drooping. Hiscostume was simple, consisting of short stockings,breeches, a shirt, a linen tunic, over which fell a shortmantle, opening on both sides. In winter a jerkin ofmarten or otter completed the costume; and when hunt-ing a sheeps skin was his extra wrap. He was passion-ately fond of violent exercise; and in the pool at Aix-la-Chapelle he delighted in hot and cold baths, and in
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