Identifier: medivalmodernh01myer (find matches)
Title: Mediæval and modern history
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Myers, P. V. N. (Philip Van Ness), 1846-1937
Subjects: Middle Ages History, Modern
Publisher: Boston, London, Ginn & company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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the empire was divided as follows:to Lewis was given the part east of the Rhine, the nucleus ofthe later Germany; to Charles the part west of the Rhoneand the Meuse, one day to become France ; while to Lothairwas reserved the narrow central strip between these, stretch-ing across Europe from the North Sea to the Mediterranean,including the rich lands of the lower Rhine, the valley of theRhone, and all of Italy. To Lothair also was given theimperial title. This treaty is celebrated, not only because it was the firstgreat treaty among the European states, but also on accountof its marking the divergence from one another, and in somesense the origin of two of the great nations of modern Europe,—Romanic France and Teutonic Germany. 107. The End of the Carolingian Dynasties. — After thisdismemberment of the dominions of Charles the Great the ^ Pippin died two years before his father (in 838), and the part of the empirethat had been given to him was divided between Lothair and Charles.
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Re7ieival of the Empire by Otto the Great i 31 annals of the different branches of the Carolingian familybecome intricate, wearisome, and uninstructive. A fate asdark and woeful as that which, according to Grecian story,overhung the royal house of Thebes seemed to brood over thehouse of Charlemagne. In all its different lines a strangeand adverse destiny awaited the lineage of the great king.The tenth century witnessed the extinction of the family. In France the Carolingian dynasty gave place to the Cape-tian in 987. By this time the Romano-Celtic element hadcompletely triumphed over the Teutonic, had absorbed andassimilated it or thrown it off, — had averted what seemedinevitable in the days of the first Carolingians, namely, thatthe intruding German element would so impress itself uponthe Latinized Gauls that their country would become simplyan extension of Germany. 108. Renewal of the Empire by Otto the Great (962). — Inthe division of the dominions of Charles the Great, the im

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