A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance
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A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance
Middle Ages -- Sources
In the year of our Lord 912 Rollo was baptized in holy water in the
name of the sacred Trinity by Franco, archbishop of Rouen. Duke
Robert, who was his godfather, gave to him his name. Rollo
devotedly honored God and the Holy Church with his gifts.... The
pagans, seeing that their chieftain had become a Christian,
abandoned their idols, received the name of Christ, and with one
accord desired to be baptized. Meanwhile the Norman duke made ready
for a splendid wedding and married the daughter of the king
[Gisela] according to Christian rites.
[Sidenote: His work in Normandy]
Rollo gave assurance of security to all those who wished to dwell
in his country. The land he divided among his followers, and, as it
had been a long time unused, he improved it by the construction of
new buildings. It was peopled by the Norman warriors and by
immigrants from outside regions. The duke established for his
subjects certain inviolable rights and laws, confirmed and
published by the will of the leading men, and he compelled all his
people to live peaceably together. He rebuilt the churches, which
had been entirely ruined; he restored the temples, which had been
destroyed by the ravages of the pagans; he repaired and added to
the walls and fortifications of the cities; he subdued the Britons
who rebelled against him; and with the provisions obtained from
them he supplied all the country that had been granted to him.
28. Later Carolingian Efforts to Preserve Order
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