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They had taken up such dead or dying culture as they found in France, and were carrying it further, so as in some degree to awaken their neighbours. Kings and their great vassals could generally read and write, and understand the Latin in which all records were made, but few except the clergy studied at all. THEY HAD TAKEN UP SUCH DEAD OR DYING CULTURE AS THEY FOUND IN FRANCE AND WERE CARRYING IT FURTHER SO AS IN SOME DEGREE TO AWAKEN THEIR NEIGHBORS KINGS AND THEIR GREAT VASSALS COULD GENERALLY READ AND WRITE AND UNDERSTAND THE LATIN IN WHICH ALL RECORDS WERE MADE BUT FEW EXCEPT THE CLERGY STUDIED IT ALL
odies of "customs," which gradually grew up. The habits of the time were exceedingly rude and ferocious. The Franks had been the fiercest and most untamable of all the Teutonic nations, and only submitted themselves to the influence of Christianity and civilization from the respect which the Roman Empire inspired. Charles the Great had tried to bring in Roman cultivation, but we find him reproaching the young Franks in his schools with letting themselves be surpassed by the Gauls, whom they despised; and in the disorders that followed his death, barbarism increased again. The convents alone kept up any remnants of culture; but as the fury of the Northmen was chiefly directed to them, numbers had been destroyed, and there was more ignorance and wretchedness than at any other time. In the duchy of Aquitaine, much more of the old Roman civilization survived, both among the cities and the nobility; and the Normans, newly settled in the north, had brought with them the vigour of their race. D WERE REPLACED BY RUDE BODIES OF CUSTOMS WHICH GRADUALLY GREW UP THE HABITS OF THE TIME WERE EXCEEDINGLY RUDE AND FEROCIOUS THE FRANKS HAD BEEN THE FIERCEST AND MOST UNTAMABLE OF ALL THE TEUTONIC NATIONS AND ONLY SUBMITTED THEMSELVES TO THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY AND CIVILIZATION FROM THE RESPECT WHICH THE ROMAN EMPIRE INSPIRED CHARLES THE GREAT HAD TRIED TO BRING IN ROMAN CULTIVATION BUT WE FIND HIM REPROACHING THE YOUNG FRANKS IN HIS SCHOOLS WITH LETTING THEMSELVES BE SURPASSED BY THE GAULS WHOM THEY DESPISED AND IN THE DISORDERS THAT FOLLOWED HIS DEATH BARBARISM INCREASED AGAIN THE CONVENTS ALONE KEPT UP ANY REMNANTS OF CULTURE BUT AS THE FURY OF THE NORTHMEN WAS CHIEFLY DIRECTED TO THEM NUMBERS HAD BEEN DESTROYED AND THERE WAS MORE IGNORANCE AND WRETCHEDNESS THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN THE DUCHY OF ACUTEN MUCH MORE OF THE OLD ROMAN CIVILIZATION SURVIVED BOTH AMONG THE CITIES AND THE NOBILITY AND THE NORMANS NEWLY SETTLED IN THE NORTH HAD BROUGHT WITH THEM THE VIGOUR OF THEIR RACE
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