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【】euntryattheexpehekingandthepeople, therepresentativesofthecitiespletelydeprived oftheirpower. inthesdinavianuntry,thestoryofrepresentative goventisparticularlyiing.inid,the``althing, theasselyofallfreelandoahe affairsoftheislaohularetingsih orethanathousand years. ihedifferenttonsdefended theirasseliesagainsttheattetsofanuerof feudalneighbreatsuess. finally,inthelories,inholland,theuncilsof thedifferentduchiesanduendedbyrepresentatives ofthethirdestateasearlyasthethirteeury. ieenthallprovinces rebelledagainsttheirking,abjuredhisjestyinasole etingofthe``estatesgeneral,revedtheclergyfrobr> thediscussions,brokethepoedfull executiveauthorityovertheneablishedrepublifthe unitedsevenherlands.forturies,therepresentatives ofthetoheuntryhoutaking, eyhadbee supreandthegohershadbeetherulersofthe land. thediaevalworld iddleages thoughtoftheh theyhappeolive datesareaveryusefuliion.dohout theutunlessheyricks akehistorytoopreple, ediaevaln,i donotanthatoofdeceeroftheyear476, suddenlyallthepeopleofeuropesaid,``ah,noan eirehasetoanendandiddle ages.hoeresting youuldhavefoundnatthefrankishurtofcharlegne ansintheirhabits,intheirnners,in theiroutlookupoheotherhand,whenyougrow upyoueofthepeopleinthisworldhave neverpassedbeyoageofthe.alltis andallagesoverlap,andtheideasofsueedinggeions playtaginds ofagoodnytruerepresentativesoftheddleagesand thengiveyouaheaveragensattitudetoward lifeandthenydiffisofliving. firstofall,reerthatthepeopleoftheddleages houghtoftheelvesasfreebocitizens,ould eandgoatheirfateagtotheir abilityorenergyorluthentrary,theyallnsidered theelvespartofthegeneralscheofthings,hincluded eerorsandserfs,popesaics,heroesandsklers, rien,beggarnandthieves.theyaepted thisdivineordinandaskedions.inthis, ofurse,theydifferedradiodepeople nothingandprovetheirown financialandpoliticalsituation. tothenandanofthethirteeury,theworld hereafteraheavenofstone andsufferingantsothihaywords uetheologicalphrases.itualfadthe diaevalburghersandknightsspentthegreaterpartoftheir tipreparingforit.odepeardanoble deathafteralifeofthea greeksandrons.afterthreesreyearsof, osleephthefeelingthatallwillbewell. butduringtheddleages,thekingofterrorsh hisgrinningskullandhisrattlingbonesanssteady panion.hesuphterribletunesonhis siled attheroehindtreesandshrubsheytookagirl outforahingbuthairraising yasaboutceteriesandffinsandfearfuldiseaseswhen youeadoflisteningtothefairystories ofandersonandgri,you,too,wouldhavelivedallyour daysinadreadofthefinalhourandthegruesodayof judgnt.thatisexactlyhappehechildrenof theddleages.theyvedinaworldofdevilsandspooks andonlyafeetis,theirfearof thefuturefilledtheirsoulsilityay,butoften itinfluencrueland sentintal.theyurderalltheen andchildrenofaityaheyly rchtoaholyspotandhtheirhandsgoryhtheblood ofivicti,theyercifulheavenfive theheirsiheyorethanpray,they selvesthest ore butiesercy intheirhearts. ofurse,thecrusaderse differentdeofnnersfrohenn.butin suaneashisster. he,too,reseledashyhorse,easilyfrightenedbya shadoandfaithful servicebutliabletorunaagewhen hisfeverishiginationsa. injudgingthesegoodpeople,hoeer theterribledisadvantagesunderheylived. theyivilisedpeople. perors, buttheyhadaslittlereselananeeror sayaugustusorrcusaureliusas``kingba baoftheupperngohastothehighlyeducatedrulers ofsark.theyidst gloriousruinsbutsharethebesofthe civilisationheirfathersandgrandfathershaddestroyed. theykeveryfact oday.theyogo toonesinglebookforalltheirinfortion.thathe bible.butthosepartsofthebiblehe historyofthehuhebetterarethosechaptersof theorallessonsof love,y, zoology,botaryandalltheothersces,thevenerable bookisirelyreliable.ihtury,a sendbookediaevallibrar ...