In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.
From John Lothrop Motley
The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.
Thus the liberties of Holland and Flanders waxed, daily, stronger.
Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.
When did one man ever civilize a people?
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