TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have beenplaced at the end of each chapter.
The original text on page 111 uses a Maltese Cross, displayed as ‘✠’ on this device, to indicate theyear of that person’s death.
Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book.
From a Picture by Steuben in the Imperial Gallery at Versailles, James Carter, Sc.
MOSLEM
AND
FRANK;
OR, CHARLES MARTEL AND THE RESCUE OF EUROPE
FROM THE THREATENED YOKE
OF THE SARACENS.
BEING
VOLUME I. OF THE HISTORIC SKETCHES.
DESIGNED FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT OFOLD AND YOUNG.
By G. L. STRAUSS, Ph.D.
In magnis voluisse sat est.
LONDON:
JOHN WEALE, 59, HIGH HOLBORN.
1854.
LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
PREFACE.
“Story! bless you—I have none to tell.”—Canning’s Knifegrinder.
It is an old and trite saying: “Good wine needs nobush,” and even the finest and most flourishing bush willfail to put either body or flavor into the growth of a badvintage. It is left to the reader of this little volume todecide whether or not the author has succeeded in producingan acceptable and readable book.
July 1, 1854.
CONTENTS.
| PART I. | ||
| THE MOSLEMIN. | ||
| Page | ||
| CHAPTER I.— | Arabia and its inhabitants.—Life and doctrine of Mohammed | 1 |
| ” II.— | The Khalifs from Abu Bekr to Hesham | 53 |
| PART II. | ||
| THE FRANKS. | ||
| CHAPTER I.— | The Frank Confederacy.—Clovis, the Founder of the Frank Monarchy | 89 |
| ” II.— | Decline of the Merovingian Princes.—The Mayors of the Palace.—Pepin of Landen.—Pepin of Heristal.—Charles Ma ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |