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2. The House of Paris.  The great danger which this Neustrian kingdom had to meet came from the Northmen, or as they were called in England the Danes. These ravaged in Neustria as they ravaged in England; and a large part of the northern coast, including the mouth of the Seine, was given by Charles the Bald to Rolf or Rollo, one of their leaders, whose land became known as the Northman's land, or Normandy. TWO THE HOUSE OF PARIS THE GREAT DANGER WHICH THIS NEW STREN KINGDOM HAD TO MEET CAME FROM THE NORTHMEN OR AS THEY WERE CALLED IN ENGLAND THE DANES THEY RAVAGED IN EUSTRA AS THEY RAVAGED IN ENGLAND AND A LARGE PART OF THE NORTHERN COAST INCLUDING THE MOUTH OF THE SEINE WAS GIVEN BY CHARLES THE BALD TO ROLF OR ROLLEAU ONE OF THEIR LEADERS WHOSE LAND BECAME KNOWN AS A NORTHMAN'S LAND OR NORMANDY
 the Western Franks reaching from the Rhine to the Atlantic. These Franks subdued all the other Teutonic conquerors of Gaul, while they adopted the religion, the language, and some of the civilization of the Romanized Gauls who became their subjects. Under the second Frankish dynasty, the Empire was renewed in the West, where it had been for a time put an end to by these Teutonic invasions, and the then Frankish king, Charles the Great, took his place as Emperor at its head. But in the time of his grandsons the various kingdoms and nations of which the Empire was composed, fell apart again under different descendants of his. One of these, _Charles the Bald_, was made King of the Western Franks in what was termed the Neustrian, or "not eastern," kingdom, from which the present France has sprung. This kingdom in name covered all the country west of the Upper Meuse, but practically the Neustrian king had little power south of the Loire; and the Celts of Brittany were never included in it. IS NOW GERMANY AND THAT OF THE WESTERN FRANKS REACHING FROM THE RHINE TO THE ATLANTIC THESE FRANKS SUBDUED ALL THE OTHER TEUTONIC CONQUERORS OF GAUL WHILE THEY ADOPTED THE RELIGION THE LANGUAGE AND SOME OF THE CIVILIZATION OF THE ROMANIZED GAULS WHO BECAME THEIR SUBJECTS UNDER THE SECOND FRANKISH DYNASTY THE EMPIRE WAS RENEWED IN THE WEST WHERE IT HAD BEEN FOR A TIME PUT AN END TO BY THESE TEUTONIC INVASIONS AND THE THEN FRANKISH KING CHARLES THE GREAT TOOK HIS PLACE AS EMPEROR AT ITS HEAD BUT IN THE TIME OF HIS GRANDSONS THE VARIOUS KINGDOMS AND NATIONS OF WHICH THE EMPIRE WAS COMPOSED FELL APART AGAIN UNDER DIFFERENT DESCENDANTS OF HIS ONE OF THESE CHARLES THE BALD WAS MADE KING OF THE WESTERN FRANKS IN WHAT WAS TERMED THE NEW STREN OR NOT EASTERN KINGDOM FROM WHICH THE PRESENT FRANCE HAS SPRUNG THE KINGDOM IN NAME COVERED ALL THE COUNTRY WEST OF THE UPPER MERCE BUT PRACTICALLY THE NEW STRIAN KING HAD LITTLE POWER SOUTH OF THE LOIRE AND THE CELTS OF BRITTANY WERE NEVER INCLUDED IN IT
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