Fred. W. M. Thiday

THE

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HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION

FROM THE

FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Histoire Générale de la civilization on Europe
depuis la chute de l'Empire romain....

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

BY F. GUIZOT,

THE PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE;

AUTHOR OF HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION OF 1640,"

TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM HAZLITT.

VOLUME III.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

549 & 551 BROADWAY.

1874.

CONTENTS

TWENTY-FIRST LECTURE.

Object of the lecture-Of capitularies in general-Review of the capitula-

ries of the Carlovingian Frank kings-Of the two forms under which

the capitularies have descended to us-Scattered capitularies-Collection

of Angesise and of the deacon Benedict-Of the edition of the capitula-

ries by Baluze-Erroneous idea generally entertained as to capitularios

-They are not invariably laws-Great variety in these acts-Attempt

at classification-Table of contents of the capitularies of Charlemagne

1. Moral legislation-2. Political legislation-3. Penal legislation-4.

Civil legislation-5. Religious legislation-6. Canonical legislation-7

Domestic legislation-8. Incidental legislation-True character of the
capitularies.

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TWENTY-SECOND LECTURE.

Of intellectual decay in Frankish Gaul, from the fifth to the eighth cen-

tury-Of its causes-It ceases under the reign of Charlemagne-Diffi-

culty of describing the state of the human mind at this epoch-Alcuin

is its most complete and faithful representative-Life of Alcuin-His la-

bors for the restoration of manuscripts-For the restoration of schools→→

His teaching in the school of the palace-His relations with Charle.

magne-His conduct as abbot of Saint Martin of Tours-His works:

1. Theological; 2. Philosophical and literary; 3. Historical; 4. Poeti-

cal-His general character

TWENTY-THIRD LECTURE.

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Classification of celebrated men of the age of Charlemagne: 1. Leidrade,

archbishop of Lyons-His letter to Charlemagne upon what he has done

in his diocese-2. Theodulph, archbishop of Orleans-His measures for

the instruction of the people-His poem entitled Exhortation to Judges

--3 Smaragde, abbot of Saint Michael-His treatise of morality for

kings, entitled Via Regia—4. Eginhard—His alleged marriage with a