In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.

A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind.

For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.