...Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders, 2nd ed. vi. (B. vii.), 579-93 ; vii. (B. viii.), 384, 385. code of laws was "less favourable to social happiness than almost any other, the Visigothic, perhaps, alone exceptcd ; " and (p. 19) that the Lombards, wherever they could, " destroyed the [free] municipal institutions,...

...whole code another author (Hist, of Europe during the Middle Ages, i. 17, ed. Cabinet Encyc.) notes : "We may infer that it was less favourable to social...any other, the Visigothic ,perhaps, alone excepted." withered before them. Cities were depopulated, strong places thrown down, churches burnt, monasteries...

...flight of Italians from Longobard tyranny. He admits further (p. 17) that the Longobard code of laws was " less favourable to social happiness than almost...any other, the Visigothic, perhaps, alone excepted"; and (p. 19) that the Longobards, wherever they could, " destroyed the [free] municipal institutions...