Chapter 49. Conquest Of Italy By The Franks
Chapter 49. Conquest Of Italy By The Franks - Part 1
_ Chapter XLIX. Conquest Of Italy By The Franks
Part I

Introduction, Worship, And Persecution Of Images.--Revolt Of Italy And Rome.--Temporal Dominion Of The Popes.--Conquest Of Italy By The Franks.--Establishment Of Images.--Character And Coronation Of Charlemagne.--Restoration And Decay Of The Roman Empire In The West.--Independence Of Italy.-- Constitution Of The Germanic Body.

In the connection of the church and state, I have considered the former as subservient only, and relative, to the latter； a salutary maxim, if in fact, as well as in narrative, it had ever been held sacred. The Oriental philosophy of the Gnostics, the dark abyss of predestination and grace, and the strange transformation of the Eucharist from the sign to the substance of Christ‘s body, [1] I have purposely abandoned to the curiosity of speculative divines. But I have reviewed,

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