ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government. (Thomas Bulfinch)

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.

Thomas Bulfinch

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