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The habits of the time were exceedingly rude and ferocious. THE HABITS OF THE TIME WERE EXCEEDINGLY RUDE AND FEROCIOUS
ion place). He was guardian, too, of the great Abbeys of St. Denys and St. Martin of Tours. The Duke of Normandy and the Count of Anjou to the west, the Count of Flanders to the north, the Count of Champagne to the east, and the Duke of Aquitaine to the south, paid him homage, but were the only actual rulers in their own domains. 3. The Kingdom of Hugh Capet.--The language of Hugh's kingdom was clipped Latin; the peasantry and townsmen were mostly Gaulish; the nobles were almost entirely Frank. There was an understanding that the king could only act by their consent, and must be chosen by them; but matters went more by old custom and the right of the strongest than by any law. A Salic law, so called from the place whence the Franks had come, was supposed to exist; but this had never been used by their subjects, whose law remained that of the old Roman Empire. Both of these systems of law, however, fell into disuse, and were replaced by rude bodies of "customs," which gradually grew up. ORLEANS AMNIEN AND HANS THE CORONATION PLACE HE WAS GUARDIAN TOO OF THE GREAT ABBEYS OF SUNDINY AND SAINT MERTAR OF TOURS THE DUKE OF NORMANDY AND THE COUNT OF ANJOU TO THE WEST THE COUNT OF FLANDERS TO THE NORTH THE COUNT OF CHAMPAGNE TO THE EAST AND THE DUKE OF ACQUITAN TO THE SOUTH PAID HIM HOMAGE BUT WERE THE ONLY ACTUAL RULERS OF THEIR OWN DOMAINS THREE THE KINGDOM OF HYKE THE LANGUAGE OF HUGH'S KINGDOM WAS CLIPPED LATIN THE PEASANTRY AND TOWNSMEN WERE MOSTLY GAULISH THE NOBLES WERE ALMOST ENTIRELY FRANK THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE KING COULD ONLY ACT BY THEIR CONSENT AND MUST BE CHOSEN BY THEM BUT MATTERS WENT MORE BY OLD CUSTOM AND THE RIGHT OF THE STRONGEST THAN BY ANY LAW A CALIC LAW SO CALLED FROM THE PLACE WHENCE THE FRANKS HAD COME WAS SUPPOSED TO EXIST BUT THIS HAD NEVER BEEN USED BY THEIR SUBJECTS WHOSE LAW REMAINED THAT OF THE OLD ROMAN EMPIRE BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS OF LAW HOWEVER FELL INTO DISUSE AND WERE REPLACED BY RUDE BODIES OF CUSTOMS WHICH GRADUALLY GREW UP
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