The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07

CHAPTER VI

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CHARLEMAGNE’S SUCCESSORS TO THE TREATY OF VERDUN (814-843 A.D.) 557

Louis le Débonnaire, or Pious, 557. Humiliation of Louis, 560. Louis returns to power, 561. Last years of Louis, 563. Quarrels of his successors, 565. Charles the Bald and Ludwig the German unite, 566. Lothair brought to terms, 569. Oppression of the Saxon freemen, 570. The Treaty of Verdun, 571.