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Men could travel nowhere in safety, and horrid ferocity and misery prevailed. The first three kings were good and pious men, but too weak to deal with their ruffian nobles. MEN COULD TRAVEL NOWHERE IN SAFETY AND HORRID FEROCITY AND MISERY PREVAILED THE FIRST THREE KINGS WERE GOOD AND PIOUS MEN BUT TOO WEAK TO DEAL WITH THEIR RUFFIAN NOBLES
enerally 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. Earlier Kings of the House of Paris.--Neither Hugh nor the next three kings (_Robert_, 996-1031; _Henry_, 1031-1060; _Philip_, 1060-1108) were able men, and they were almost helpless among the fierce nobles of their own domain, and the great counts and dukes around them. Castles were built of huge strength, and served as nests of plunderers, who preyed on travellers and made war on each other, grievously tormenting one another's "villeins"--as the peasants were termed. AND 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 EARLIER KINGS OF THE HOUSE OF PARIS NEITHER HUGH NOR THE NEXT THREE KINGS ROBERT NINE HUNDRED NINETY SIX TO TEN THIRTY ONE HENRY TEN THIRTY ONE TO TEN SIXTY PHILIP TEN SIXTY TO ELEVEN O EIGHT WERE ABLE MEN AND THEY WERE ALMOST HELPLESS AMONG THE FIERCE NOBLES OF THEIR OWN DOMAIN AND THE GREAT COUNTS AND DUKES AROUND THEM CASTLES WERE BUILT OF HUGE STRENGTH AND SERVED AS NESTS OF PLUNDERERS WHO PREYED ON TRAVELLERS AND MADE WAR ON EACH OTHER GRIEVOUSLY TORMENTING ONE ANOTHER'S VILLAINS AS THE PEASANTS WERE TERMED
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