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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. 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
ctors) of Paris, and Dukes (or leaders) of the Franks. Three generations of them were really great men--Robert the Strong, Odo, and Hugh the White; and when the descendants of Charles the Great had died out, a Duke of the Franks, _Hugh Capet_, was in 987 crowned King of the Franks. All the after kings of France down to Louis Philippe were descendants of Hugh Capet. By this change, however, he gained little in real power; for, though he claimed to rule over the whole country of the Neustrian Franks, his authority was little heeded, save in the domain which he had possessed as Count of Paris, including the cities of Paris, Orleans, Amiens, and Rheims (the coronation 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.  JUDGES AND PROTECTORS OF PARIS AND DUKES OR LEADERS OF THE FRANKS THREE GENERATIONS OF THEM WERE REALLY GREAT MEN ROBERT THE STRONG ODO AND HUGH THE WHITE AND WHEN THE DESCENDANTS OF CHARLES THE GREAT HAD DIED OUT A DUKE OF THE FRANKS HUGH CAPE WAS IN NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN CROWNED KING OF THE FRANKS ALL THE AFTER KINGS OF FRANCE DOWN TO LOUIS PHILIPPE WERE DESCENDANTS OF HYUCAPPI BY THIS CHANGE HOWEVER HE GAINED LITTLE IN REAL POWER FOR THOUGH HE CLAIMED TO RULE OVER THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF THE NEW STRIAN FRANKS HIS AUTHORITY WAS LITTLE HEEDED SAVE IN THE DOMAIN WHICH HE HAD POSSESSED AS COUNT OF PARIS INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PARIS 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
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