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Author's note.
According to Bishop Liutprand of Cremona, the main industry of Verdun in the tenth century, in the so-called Holy German Empire, was the manufacture of eunuchs, who were exported with great profit to Spain for the harems of the Moors.
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Translator's note.
The "Gau" is a larger territory than the "Mark." Caesar and Tacitus called it pagus.
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Translator's note.
The name given in ancient law to dependent farmers.