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valuable for the light which it throws upon the causes which led to the disintegration of the Carolingian empire. Nithard's work has been described as a "nostalgic lament":

In the times of Charles the Great of good memory,who died almost thirty years ago, peace and concord ruled everywherebecause our people were treading the one proper way,the way of the common welfare, and thus the way of God.But now since each goes his separate way, dissension and struggle abound.Once there was abundance and happiness everywhere,now everywhere there is want and sadness

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