by Eugène Sue
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THE ABBATIAL CROSIER
THE FULL SERIES OF
The Mysteries of the People
OR
History of a Proletarian Family
Across the Ages
By EUGENE SUE
_Consisting of the Following Works_:
THE GOLD SICKLE; or, _Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen_. THE BRASS BELL; or, _The Chariot of Death_. THE IRON COLLAR; or, _Faustine and Syomara_. THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth_. THE CASQUE'S LARK; or, _Victoria, the Mother of the Camps_. THE PONIARD'S HILT; or, _Karadeucq and Ronan_. THE BRANDING NEEDLE; or, _The Monastery of Charolles_. THE ABBATIAL CROSIER; or, _Bonaik and Septimine_. THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS; or, _The Daughters of Charlemagne_. THE IRON ARROW-HEAD; or, _The Buckler Maiden_. THE INFANT'S SKULL; or, _The End of the World_. THE PILGRIM'S SHELL; or, _Fergan the Quarryman_. THE IRON PINCERS; or, _Mylio and Karvel_. THE IRON TREVET; or _Jocelyn the Champion_. THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE; or, _Joan of Arc_. THE POCKET BIBLE; or, _Christian the Printer_. THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER; or, _The Peasant Code_. THE SWORD OF HONOR; or, _The Foundation of the French Republic_. THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING; or, _The Family Lebrenn_.
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THE
ABBATIAL CROSIER
OR
BONAIK AND SEPTIMINE
A Tale of a Medieval Abbess
By EUGENE SUE
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH BY
DANIEL DE LEON
NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY, 1908
Copyright 1908, by the
NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO.
INDEX
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE v
PROLOGUE.
CHAPTER.
I. NARBONNE 3
II. ABD-EL-KADER AND ROSEN-AER 6
PART I--THE CONVENT OF ST. SATURNINE.
I. THE LAST OF THE MEROVINGIANS 15
II. CHARLES MARTEL 23
III. FATHER CLEMENT'S REFECTORY 33
IV. MORDECAI THE SLAVE-DEALER 40
PART II--THE ABBEY OF MERIADEK.
I. ELOI THE GOLDSMITH 47
II. THE INTENDANT RICARIK 57
III. THE ABBESS MEROFLEDE 62
IV. IN SIGHT OF THE ABBEY 69
V. ASYLUM 78
VI. WARRIOR AND ABBESS 83
VII. THE MOUSE-TRAP 89
VIII. THE MIRACLE OF ST. LOUP'S TEETH 94
IX. BRENN--KARNAK 102
X. MISTRESS AND MAN 117
XI. THE FLIGHT 122
XII. MOTHER AND SON 129
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
The turbulent epoch that rocked the cradle of the Carlovingian dynasty,the dynasty from which issued the colossal historic figure ofCharlemagne, is the epoch of this touching story--the eighth of theseries of Eugene Sue's historic novels known collectively under thetitle "_The Mysteries of the People; or, History of a Proletarian FamilyAcross the Ages_." From the seething caldron of the valleys of thewestern Rhine, inundated by the Arabs from the south, the Frisians fromthe north, the Saxons from the west, and in which the chants of Moslems,of Christians and of barbarians mixed into the one common cry ofdesolating war, the feudal social system, previously introduced byClovis, and now threatened to be engulfed, emerged from the chaos as asocial institution. Many a characteristic of feudalism would be missedif this, a crucial period of its existence, is not properly apprehended.As in all the others of this series of Eugene Sue's stories, theinformation is imparted without the reader's knowledge. What may betermed the plot seizes and keeps the interest from start to finish,steadily enriching the mind with knowledge historically inestimable,besides connecting with the era described in the previous story--_TheBranding Needle; or, The Monastery of Charolles_--and preparing theground for the thrilling events that are the subject of the succeedingnarrative--_The Carlovingian Coins; or, The Daughters of Charlemagne_.
DANIEL DE LEON.
New York, 1904.
PROLOGUE
