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She was a fierce and passionate woman, and brought an element of cruelty into the court. In this reign the first instance of persecution to the death for heresy took place. SHE WAS A FIERCE AND PASSIONATE WOMAN AND BROUGHT AN ELEMENT OF CRUELTY INTO THE COURT IN THIS REIGN THE FIRST INSTANCE OF PERSECUTION TO THE DEATH FOR HERESY TOOK PLACE
ruffian nobles. _Robert, called the Pious_, was extremely devout, but weak. He became embroiled with the Pope on account of having married Bertha--a lady pronounced to be within the degrees of affinity prohibited by the Church. He was excommunicated, but held out till there was a great religious reaction, produced by the belief that the world would end in 1000. In this expectation many persons left their land untilled, and the consequence was a terrible famine, followed by a pestilence; and the misery of France was probably unequalled in this reign, when it was hardly possible to pass safely from one to another of the three royal cities, Paris, Orleans, and Tours. Beggars swarmed, and the king gave to them everything he could lay his hands on, and even winked at their stealing gold off his dress, to the great wrath of a second wife, the imperious Constance of Provence, who, coming from the more luxurious and corrupt south, hated and despised the roughness and asceticism of her husband.  WEAK TO DEAL WITH THEIR RUFFIAN NOBLES ROBERT CALLED THE PIOUS WAS EXTREMELY DEVOUT BUT WEAK HE BECAME EMBROILED WITH A POPE ON ACCOUNT OF HAVING MARRIED BERTHA A LADY PRONOUNCED TO BE WITHIN THE DEGREES OF AFFINITY PROHIBITED BY THE CHURCH HE WAS EXCOMMUNICATED BUT HELD OUT TILL THERE WAS A GREAT RELIGION REACTION PRODUCED BY THE BELIEF THAT THE WORLD WOULD END IN ONE THOUSAND IN THIS EXPECTATION MANY PERSONS LEFT THEIR LAND UNTILLED AND THE CONSEQUENCE WAS A TERRIBLE FAMINE FOLLOWED BY PESTILENCE AND THE MISERY OF FRANCE WAS PROBABLY UNEQUALLED IN THIS REIGN WHEN IT WAS HARDLY POSSIBLE TO PASS SAFELY FROM ONE TO ANOTHER OF THE THREE ROYAL CITIES PARIS ORLEANS AND TOURS BEGGARS SWARMED AND THE KING GAVE TO THEM EVERYTHING HE COULD LAY HIS HANDS ON AND EVEN WINKED AT THEIR STEALING GOLD OFF HIS DRESS TO THE GREAT WRATH OF A SECOND WIFE THE IMPERIEST CONSTANCE OF PROVENCE WHO COMING FROM THE MORE LUXURIOUS AND CORRUPT SOUTH HATED AND DESPISED THE ROUGHNESS AND ASCETICISM OF HER HUSBAND
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