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He also permitted a few of the cities to purchase the right of self government, and freedom from the ill usage of the counts, who, from their guardians, had become their tyrants; but in this he seems not to have been so much guided by any fixed principle, as by his private interests and feelings towards the individual city or lord in question. However, the royal authority had begun to be respected by 1137, when Louis VI. HE ALSO PERMITTED A FEW OF THE CITIES TO PURCHASE THE RIGHT OF SELF GOVERNMENT AND FREEDOM FROM THE ILL USAGE OF THE COUNTS WHO FROM THEIR GUARDIANS HAD BECOME THEIR TYRANTS BUT IN THIS HE SEEMS NOT TO HAVE BEEN SO MUCH GUIDED BY ANY FIXED PRINCIPLE AS BY HIS PRIVATE INTERESTS AND FEELINGS TOWARDS THE INDIVIDUAL CITY OR LORD IN QUESTION HOWEVER THE ROYAL AUTHORITY HAD BEGUN TO BE RESPECTED BY ELEVEN THIRTY SEVEN WHEN LOUIS THE SI
mnly girding a young warrior with his sword was developing into a system by which the nobly born man was trained through the ranks of page and squire to full knighthood, and made to take vows which bound him to honourable customs to equals, though, unhappily, no account was taken of his inferiors. 6. Louis VI. and VII.--Philip's son, _Louis VI., or the Fat_, was the first able man whom the line of Hugh Capet had produced since it mounted the throne. He made the first attempt at curbing the nobles, assisted by Suger, the Abbot of St. Denys. The only possibility of doing this was to obtain the aid of one party of nobles against another; and when any unusually flagrant offence had been committed, Louis called together the nobles, bishops, and abbots of his domain, and obtained their consent and assistance in making war on the guilty man, and overthrowing his castle, thus, in some degree, lessening the sense of utter impunity which had caused so many violences and such savage recklessness.  OF SOLEMNLY GIRDING A YOUNG WARRIOR WITH HIS SWORD WAS DEVELOPING INTO A SYSTEM BY WHICH THE NOBLY BORN MAN WAS TRAINED THROUGH THE RANKS OF PAGE AND SQUIRE TO FULL KNIGHTHOOD AND MADE TO TAKE VOWS WHICH BOUND HIM TO HONOURABLE CUSTOMS TO EQUALS THOUGH UNHAPPILY NO ACCOUNT WAS TAKEN OF HIS INFERIORS SIX LOUIS THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH PHILIP'S SON LOUIS THE SIXTH OR THE FAT WAS THE FIRST ABLE MAN WHOM THE LINE OF HYUCAPPI HAD PRODUCED SINCE IT MOUNTED THE THRONE HE HAD MADE THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT CURBING THE NOBLES ASSISTED BY SUGAR THE ABBOT OF SUNDANIS THE ONLY POSSIBILITY OF DOING THIS WAS TO OBTAIN THE AID OF ONE PARTY OF NOBLES AGAINST ANOTHER AND WHEN ANY UNUSUALLY FLAGRANT OFFENCE HAD BEEN COMMITTED LOUIS CALLED TOGETHER THE NOBLES BISHOPS AND ABBOTS OF HIS DOMAIN AND OBTAINED THEIR CONSENT AND ASSISTANCE IN MAKING WAR ON THE GUILTY MAN AND OVERTHROWING HIS CASTLE THUS IN SOME DEGREE LESSENING THE SENSE OF UTTER IMPUNITY WHICH HAD CAUSED SO MANY VIOLENCES AND SUCH SAVAGE RECKLESSNESS
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