Notes :
[1]. "Les Moines d'Occident," by Montalembert, I. 277. St. Lupicin
before the Burgundian King Chilperic, II. 416. Saint Karileff before
King Childebert. Cf. passim, Gregory of Tours and the Bollandist
collection.
[2]. No legend is more frequently encountered; we find it as late
as the twelfth century.
[3]. Chilperic, for example, acting under the advice of Fredegonde
after the death of all their children.
[4]. Montalembert, ibid., II. book 8; and especially "Les For?ts de
la France dans l'antiquit? et au Moyen Age," by Alfred Maury. Spinoe
et vepres is a phrase constantly recurring in the lives of the saints.
[5]. We find the same thing to day with the colonies of Trappists
in Algiers.
[6]. "Polyptique d'Irminon," by Gu?rard. In this work we see the
prosperity of the domain belonging to the Abbey of St. Germain des
Pr?s at the end of the eighth century. According to M. Gu?rard's
statistics, the peasantry of Paliseau were about as prosperous in the
time of Charlemagne as at the present day.
[7]. Taine's definition would also fit contemporary (1999) drugs
and video entertainment which also provide mankind with both hope,
pleasure and entertainment.
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