Lombards

This proximity of the Lombards is hard of digestion.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

In the thirteenth century the Italians -- "Lombards" -- began to go into a sort of banking business and greatly extended the employment of bills of exchange.

An Introduction to the History of Western Europe James Harvey Robinson 1899

The Lombards were a nomadic tribe of Germans who settled near the Danube and launched an attack on Italy in the sixth century.

Lombard Warrior Buried with Horse Jan 2008

The Lombards were a nomadic tribe of Germans who settled near the Danube and launched an attack on Italy in the sixth century.

Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

Giannone’s history, may be consulted for the state of the kingdom of Italy.] 53 The most accurate edition of the Laws of the Lombards is to be found in the Scriptores Rerum

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

He is right enough in referring their origin to the Italian bankers, generally called Lombards; but he has overlooked the fact that the greatest of those traders in money were the celebrated and eventually princely house of the Medici of Florence.

Notes and Queries, Number 03, November 17, 1849 Various

The Lombards were the last of the Germanic peoples to quit their northern wilderness and seek new homes in sunny Italy.

Early European History Hutton Webster

In all probability the Lombards are the originators of this device so pregnant of future possibilities.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

All the Italians were called Lombards by the French.

Purgatory. Canto XVI 1909

The Lombards were the last Germanic tribe to settle within the Empire, and like so many others they were Arians.

A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905