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Earlier Kings of the House of Paris. EARLIER KINGS OF THE HOUSE OF PARIS
troyed, 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. 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. There were schools in convents, and already at Paris a university was growing up for the study of theology, grammar, law, philosophy, and music, the sciences which were held to form a course of education. The doctors of these sciences lectured; the scholars of low degree lived, begged, and struggled as best they could; and gentlemen were lodged with clergy, who served as a sort of private tutors. 4. HEM 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 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 THERE WERE MANY SCHOOLS IN CONVENTS AND ALREADY AT PARIS A UNIVERSITY WAS GROWING UP FOR THE STUDY OF THEOLOGY GRAMMAR LAW PHILOSOPHY AND MUSIC THE SCIENCES WHICH WERE HELD TO FORM A COURSE OF EDUCATION THE DOCTORS OF THESE SCIENCES LECTURED THE SCHOLARS OF LOW DEGREE LIVED BEGGED AND STRUGGLED AS BEST THEY COULD AND GENTLEMEN WERE LODGED WITH CLERGY WHO SERVED AS A SORT OF PRIVATE TUTORS FOUR
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