The World in the Middle Ages: An Historical Geography, with Accounts of the Origin and Development, the Institutions and Literature, the Manners and Customs of Three Nations in Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa, from the Close of the Fourth to the Middle of the Fifteenth Century, Volume 2D. Appleton, 1854 - Geography, Medieval |
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... Churches and schools were built , and the Bishop of Rügen was made suffra- gan of Roeskilde , in Sealand . All the Vendic coast - lands soon made a remarkable progress toward civilization by the introduction of Christianity , and the ...
... Churches and schools were built , and the Bishop of Rügen was made suffra- gan of Roeskilde , in Sealand . All the Vendic coast - lands soon made a remarkable progress toward civilization by the introduction of Christianity , and the ...
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... Churches , monasteries , and schools were likewise erected , and the Ger- man language was introduced ; thousands of heathens were converted ; while others fled for protection into Lithuania . The Prussian chiefs were admitted to the ...
... Churches , monasteries , and schools were likewise erected , and the Ger- man language was introduced ; thousands of heathens were converted ; while others fled for protection into Lithuania . The Prussian chiefs were admitted to the ...
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... Church was divided into the fol- lowing ten archbishoprics : I. PROVINCIA REMENSIS , with the archiepiscopal see at RHEIMS , and eleven suffragan bishoprics ; 1 Laudunum ( Lâon ) ; 2 , Suessio ( Soissons ) ; 3 , Belvacum ( Beauvais ) ...
... Church was divided into the fol- lowing ten archbishoprics : I. PROVINCIA REMENSIS , with the archiepiscopal see at RHEIMS , and eleven suffragan bishoprics ; 1 Laudunum ( Lâon ) ; 2 , Suessio ( Soissons ) ; 3 , Belvacum ( Beauvais ) ...
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... churches : 1 , Ebroica ( Evreux ) ; 2 , Lexovicum ( Lisieux ) ; 3 , Bajoca ( Bayeux ) ; 4 , Constantia ( Coutances ) ; 5 , Abrinca ( Avranches ) ; and 6 , Sagium ( Séez ) , on the borders of Maine . Among the numerous monasteries were ...
... churches : 1 , Ebroica ( Evreux ) ; 2 , Lexovicum ( Lisieux ) ; 3 , Bajoca ( Bayeux ) ; 4 , Constantia ( Coutances ) ; 5 , Abrinca ( Avranches ) ; and 6 , Sagium ( Séez ) , on the borders of Maine . Among the numerous monasteries were ...
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... churches : 1. Vasatæ ( Bazas ) ; 2 , Aturum ( Atre ) ; 3 , Lactora ( Lectoure ) ; 4 , Tar- ba ( Tarbes ) ; 5 , Convenæ Sancti Bertrandi ( Saint Bertrand ) ; 6 , Consoranum Sancti Licerii ( Saint Lizier ) , both , in the valley of the ...
... churches : 1. Vasatæ ( Bazas ) ; 2 , Aturum ( Atre ) ; 3 , Lactora ( Lectoure ) ; 4 , Tar- ba ( Tarbes ) ; 5 , Convenæ Sancti Bertrandi ( Saint Bertrand ) ; 6 , Consoranum Sancti Licerii ( Saint Lizier ) , both , in the valley of the ...
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