GERMANY (part) GHADAMES
GERMERSHEIM GHAT
GERMISTON GHATS
GERMONIUS, ANASTASIUS GHAZALI
GERO GHAZI
GEROLSTEIN GHAZIABAD
GÉRÔME, JEAN LÉON GHAZIPUR
GERONA (province of Spain) GHAZNI
GERONA (town of Spain) GHEE
GEROUSIA GHEEL
GERRESHEIM GHENT
GERRHA GHETTO
GERRÚS GHIBERTI, LORENZO
GERRY, ELBRIDGE GHICA
GERRYMANDER GHILZAI
GERS GHIRLANDAJO, DOMENICO
GERSON, JOHN GHIRLANDAJO, RIDOLFO
GERSONIDES GHOR
GERSOPPA, FALLS OF GHOST
GERSTÄCKER, FRIEDRICH GHOST DANCE
GERSTENBERG, WILHELM VON GIACOMETTI, PAOLO
GÉRUZEZ, NICOLAS EUGÈNE GIAMBELLI, FEDERIGO
GERVAIS, PAUL GIANNONE, PIETRO
GERVASE OF CANTERBURY GIANNUTRI
GERVASE OF TILBURY GIANT
GERVEX, HENRI GIANT'S CAUSEWAY
GERVINUS, GEORG GOTTFRIED GIANT'S KETTLE
GERYON GIAOUR
GESENIUS, FRIEDRICH WILHELM GIB, ADAM
GESNER, ABRAHAM GIBARA
GESNER, JOHANN MATTHIAS GIBBON, EDWARD
GESNER, KONRAD VON GIBBON
GESSNER, SOLOMON GIBBONS, GRINLING
GESSO GIBBONS, JAMES
GESTA ROMANORUM GIBBONS, ORLANDO
GETA, PUBLIUS SEPTIMIUS GIBBS, JOSIAH WILLARD
GETAE GIBBS, OLIVER WOLCOTT
GETHSEMANE GIBEON
GETTYSBURG GIBEONITES
GEULINCX, ARNOLD GIBRALTAR
GEUM GIBSON, CHARLES DANA
GEVELSBERG GIBSON, EDMUND
GEX GIBSON, JOHN
GEYSER GIBSON, THOMAS MILNER
GEZER GIBSON, WILLIAM HAMILTON
GFRÖRER, AUGUST FRIEDRICH
GERMANY (Continued from volume 11 slice 7).
Decay of the royal power.
Nothing could indicate more clearly than this fact how much of their old
power the German kings had lost. It was not past hope that even yet some
of their former splendour might be restored, and for a brief period
monarchy did again stand high. Still, its foundations were sapped.
Incessant war, both at home and in Italy, had deprived it of its force;
it had lost moral influence by humiliations, of which the scene at
Canossa was an extreme type. Steadily, with unwearied energy, letting no
opportunity escape, the princes had advanced towards independence, and
they might well look forward to such a bearing in regard to the kings as
the kings had formerly adopted in regard to them.
Conrad III.
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