Identifier: historyofallnati08wrig (find matches)
Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ccasioned by premature partitions of the inheritanceamono- the sons. In 865, or earlier, Louis the German divided theadministration of his realm among his three sons. The eldest, Car-loman, was to receive the eastern districts and Bavaria. The secondson, Louis, was to have the East>Frankish country properly so called,with Saxony and Thuringia. The third, Charles, was to receive Ala-mannia and Rhaetia. Louis, the second son, thought himself injuredby this arrangement, and revolted. He was conquered by his father,but received pardon. A new division of the kingdom was thenmade. This time Carloman and Charles thought that they wereslio-hted in favor of their brother. They soon headed a conspiracy.Their father was to be suddenly attacked, and forced to abdicate. The CONSPIRACY OF LOUISS SONS. 145 project was to be carried out during an imperial assembly, which washeld in January of 873 at Frankfort. But at the decisive momentCharles lost courage. Tortured by anxiety and shame, he became
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tui. 2y. — Charles the Bald. Dedicatory picture in the (ode.f Aureii.^oi i>t. Enmierauat Katisbon. The manuscript was prepared by order of the king in S70; it Avaswritten in golden letters, and illustrated by the priests Berengar and Luithard.(Munich.) distracted : and tliis led to the discovery of his plans. Then he and Carloman sought and obtained pardon from their father. Nay, Louis even granted his sons greater independence in the government of Vol.. VIII.—10 146 FALL OF THE CAROLINGIAN HOUSE. their respective provinces. There they found important militarywork to be done, especially in conducting the war with the greatMoravian prince Svatopluk, who was finally compelled to pay tribute.The illness of the childless Louis II. promised to create a speedyvacancy in the imperial office. Since, in the Carolingian family, theelder brother had always held the office of emperor, Louis the Ger-man seems to have claimed for himself a special right to it. Butthe Roman See by no means wi

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