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" On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter; and, to gratify the vanity of Rome, he had exchanged the simple dress of his country for the habit of a patrician. 98 After the celebration... "
The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in ... - Page 235
by Duncan Forbes - 1860 - 312 pages
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 488 pages
...tkc- sacrilegious attempt against his life was punished by the mild and insufficient penalty of exile. On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth cen,tury, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter; and to gratify the vanity of Rome, he had exchanged...
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A Dissertation on the Prophecies, that Have Been Fulfilled, are ..., Volumes 1-2

George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1808 - 592 pages
...beheld the Carlovingian Patriciate for ever swallowed up and lost in the Gothic imperial dignity. " On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter ; and, to gratify the vanity of Rome, he had exchanged...
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A Christian's survey of all the primary events and periods of the world ...

Granville Penn - History - 1824 - 296 pages
...of Rome and ". Italy from the eastern empire, by the " translation of the empire to Charle" magne. On the festival of Christmas, ". the last year of the eighth century " (AD 800), CHARLEMAGNE appeared " in the church of St. Peter. — After the " celebration of the holy...
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The signs of the times, as denoted by fulfilment of historical ..., Volume 2

Alexander Keith - 1832 - 338 pages
...the earth, and them that dwell therein, to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed. " On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter's, and, to gratify the vanity of Rome, he had exchanged...
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"The Beast and his Image": or, the Pope and the Council of Trent: a ...

Frederic Fysh - 1837 - 622 pages
...prophecy it is written, " And his deadly wound was healed." In the page of history it is also written, ' On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter ; and, to gratify the vanity of Rome, he had exchanged...
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History of France, Volume 1

Jules Michelet - France - 1847 - 832 pages
...Rome, under the pretext of re-establishing the pope, who had been driven from the pontifical city.* On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, while Charlemagne is absorbed in prayer, the pope places on his head the imperial crown, and proclaims...
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History of France from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 1

Jules Michelet - History - 1851 - 480 pages
...Rome, under the pretext of re-establishing the pope, who had been driven from the pontifical city.* On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, while Charlemagne is absorbed in prayer, the pope places on his head the imperial crown, and proclaims...
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Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Book of Revelation

Albert Barnes - Bible - 1852 - 530 pages
...West would receive their crown from the анcceeаors of St. Peter." And again (iii. 344) he says, " On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter ; and to gratify the vanity of Bome, he exchanged the...
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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with ..., Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 pages
...the sacrilegious attempt against his life was punished by the mild and insufficient penalty of exile. On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter; and, to gratify the vanity of Rome, he had exchanged...
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Chess Player's Chronicle, Volume 19

Chess - 1861 - 452 pages
...that of itself is not sufficient to prove the case either way. the following passage from Michelet.1 " On the festival of Christmas» the last year of the...in prayer, the Pope places on his head the Imperial Crowu and proclaims him Augustus. The emperor is astonished, and regrets the imposition of a burden...
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