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Identifier: briefhistoryofna01fish (find matches)
Title: A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati (etc.) American book company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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t his seizures ofChnrch property prevented him from gaining the favor of theecclesiastics, which Pipin succeeded in winning. In 751, withthe concurrence of Pope Zacharias, Pipin deposed the Frankishking Childeric III., and in 752 he was himself crowned at Sois-sons by Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz. In 754 Pope Ste-phen III. solemnly repeated the ceremony of coronation in thecathedral of St. Denis. The Carolingian usurpation was thushallowed by the sanction of the Church, and the Pope gaineda powerful ally in his contest with the Lombards. TwicePipin crossed the Alps, and after humbling Aistulf, the Lom-bard king, compelled him to become tributary to the Frankkingdom and to cede certain lands and cities, between theApennines and the Adriatic, to the Roman See. Thus therewas founded the temporal kingdom of the Pope in Italy.Pipin was called Patricius of Rome. His sway was in effectthe rule of the Teutonic North over the more Latin South,which had no liking for the Frank sovereignty. 234
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236 CAROLINGIAN. EMPIRE Charlemagne; the Saxons and Saracens.—Pipin died in 768,and was succeeded by his son Charles, wlio stands in the fore-most rank of conquerors and rulers. While generally known as Charlemagne, he ismore properly de-signated Karl theGreat, as he was aGerman in bloodand in speech andin all his Avays.His prodigious en-ergy and activityare evinced by thefact that he set onfoot no less thanfifty-three militaryexpeditions. Hewas not less emi-nent, however, forhis wisdom thanfor his vigor. Heaccomplished mostof his purposeswithout bloodshed,and his reign on the whole was righteous as well as glorious.Bitter wars were waged with the Saxons and Saracens. Forthirty-two years the struggle with the heathen Saxons wenton. It was marked by cruel devastations and merciless actsof vengeance on both sides. It ended in the submission ofthe Saxon leader Witikind, who consented to receive Christianbaptism. In returning from a war of conquest in Spain, therear guard of Charlemagne

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