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5. Give dates for the following events: battle of Tours; crowning of Charlemagne as emperor; crowning of Otto the Great as emperor; deposition of Romulus Augustulus; Augustine's mission to England; and the Treaty of Verdun.

6. Explain the following expressions: ”do-nothing kings”; _missi dominici_; Holy Roman Empire; and ”Donation of Pepin.”

7. Why was the extinction of the Ostrogothic kingdom a misfortune for Italy?

8. Why did Italy remain for so many centuries after the Lombard invasion merely ”a geographical expression”?

9. What difference did it make whether Clovis became an Arian or a Catholic?

10. What events in the lives of Clovis and Pepin the Short contributed to the alliance between the Franks and the popes?

11. What provinces of the Roman Empire in the West were not included within the limits of Charlemagne's empire?

12. What countries of modern Europe are included within the limits of Charlemagne's empire?

13. Compare the _missi dominici_ with the ”eyes and ears” of Persian kings.

14. What is the origin of the word ”emperor”? As a t.i.tle distinguish it from that of ”king.”

15. Why has Lothair's kingdom north of the Alps been called the ”strip of trouble”?

16. In what parts of the British Isles are Celtic languages still spoken?

17. How did the four English counties, Suss.e.x, Ess.e.x, Norfolk, and Suffolk, receive their names?

18. What was the importance of the Synod of Whitby?

19. Set forth the conditions which hindered, and those which favored, the fusion of Germans and Romans.

FOOTNOTES

[1] Webster, _Readings in Medieval and Modern History_, chapter i, ”Stories of the Lombard Kings”; chapter ii, ”Charlemagne.”

[2] See page 236.

[3] See page 236.

[4] See page 309.

[5] The modern kingdom of Italy dates from 1861-1870 A.D.

[6] See page 245.

[7] His name is properly spelled Chlodweg, which later became Ludwig, and in French, Louis.

[8] _Allemagne_. On the other hand, the inhabitants of Gaul came to call their country _France_ and themselves _Francais_ after their conquerors, the Germanic Franks.

[9] Gregory of Tours, _Historia Francorum_, ii, 31.