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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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gother lands—except Brittany, which not being subject to France, KingCharles had no objection to the Northmen conquering if they could. The Norman writers, as if secretly shamed that their hero should haveacknowledged even in a slight degree the lordship of the French king, try tobelittle his submission by a well-known tale. When Rollo, they say, was beinginvested with his dukedom, he was directed as part of the ceremony to stoopand kiss the foot of the King. This he indignantly refused to do, but finallyconsented that one of his follow^ers should go through the required formalityin his place. The proxy, almost as haughty and disgusted as his chief, ad-vanced to the throne of Charles, but instead of humbly bowing his head to theground, he caught up the Kings foot and lifted it to his mouth, thereby tippingpoor Charles the Simple over backward, throne and all, amid the uproariouslaughter of the surrounding Norsemen. Whatever we may believe as to the attendant ceremony, the treaty was
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ROLF THE GANGER ATTACKS PARIS France—Rolf Founds Normandy 789 established, and a most fortunate one it was for France. Otiier Norsemenwere granted similar, though smaller, lordships along the eastern coasts; andRolf and his countrymen guarded their domains well. Northmen stopped theravages of the Northmen. They did more than that. They infused into France a new and muchneeded vigor. They embraced the superior civilization which they found, andcarried it higher; they learned the new language, and used it better than theirteachers. Readily uniting with the more numerous French, they became soft-ened in manners as in name. Their descendants were Frenchmen, the Nor-mans, a brilliant race, equally noted for their wit and their energy. Normanwriters and Norman poets disputed the palm of supremacy with those of thesouth. The whole north of France revived as if by an enchanters wand.The period of devastation was at an end, and the period of reconstruction soonbegan.

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