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... assistance of his lieutenants , triumphed everywhere ; and in the third year of the war , the north and south - east of the country , as well as the province of Brittany , were completely subdued . The Arverni , under the guidance of ...
... assistance of his lieutenants , triumphed everywhere ; and in the third year of the war , the north and south - east of the country , as well as the province of Brittany , were completely subdued . The Arverni , under the guidance of ...
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... assistance against the Lombards , repeated the cere- mony , in which were now included his queen and two sons . Childeric died in 754 at the monastery of Sithieu : with him expired the first or Merovingian race : they had occupied the ...
... assistance against the Lombards , repeated the cere- mony , in which were now included his queen and two sons . Childeric died in 754 at the monastery of Sithieu : with him expired the first or Merovingian race : they had occupied the ...
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... assistance to assert their claims to the crown , Charlemagne invaded his territory , captured Pavia and Verona , and putting an end to his authority , annexed his dominions to his own . Didier and his children were confined in a convent ...
... assistance to assert their claims to the crown , Charlemagne invaded his territory , captured Pavia and Verona , and putting an end to his authority , annexed his dominions to his own . Didier and his children were confined in a convent ...
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... assistance he had hoped for ; a circumstance which is mainly attributable to the state of moral and intellectual decay into which they had themselves fallen . It therefore became necessary that he should interfere to rouse them from ...
... assistance he had hoped for ; a circumstance which is mainly attributable to the state of moral and intellectual decay into which they had themselves fallen . It therefore became necessary that he should interfere to rouse them from ...
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... assistance and supplies . The route followed by Louis was with a view to this object : he advanced towards the city of Damietta , which he captured , and he subsequently distinguished himself by extraordinary valour at the battle of ...
... assistance and supplies . The route followed by Louis was with a view to this object : he advanced towards the city of Damietta , which he captured , and he subsequently distinguished himself by extraordinary valour at the battle of ...
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