Mediaeval Italy From Charlemagne to Henry VII

Mediaeval Italy From Charlemagne to Henry VII PDF

Author: Pasquale Villari

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781018614212

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Medieval Italy

Medieval Italy PDF

Author: Pasquale Villari

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9780331606171

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Excerpt from Medieval Italy: From Charlemagne to Henry VII Whoever glances at this volume will, most probably, before having read it, exclaim, A popular book for the general reader! And for many these words will be a condemnation. It therefore seems to the writer not useless that the reader should know what was his aim and what were the difficulties he sought to overcome. 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.

Medieval Italy

Medieval Italy PDF

Author: Pasquale Villari

Publisher: Ozymandias Press

Published: 2018-01-19

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1531286178

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THE placing by Leo III. of the Imperial crown upon the head of Charlemagne in St. Peter's on Christmas Day of the year 800 marked the commencement of a new era in the history of the world. But the Empire of the West, initiated at that moment in its dual character--political and religious--contained within itself the germs of infinite discords and calamities. As Roman and Christian it should have symbolised the union of nations; but meanwhile the Empire of the East, heir to Rome, continued to exist at Constantinople. Furthermore, the Western Empire was composed of very dissimilar races which, until then divided and subdivided among themselves, had often been at war with one another. The greatest and most immediate danger to the unity of the Empire came from the German principle of succession, according to which the State, as the property of the Sovereign, must be divided among his heirs. This principle, which in the past had caused many bloody wars among the Franks, promised no good for the future of the new Empire. Charlemagne, who was a very great leader of Teutonic peoples, but who lacked the true genius of organisation, held it together by the power of his sword and the strength of his personal authority. It was therefore easy to predict that his death would be followed by a period of anarchy.