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4. An estimate of Charles the Bold as warrior and politician. 



5. A determination of the Hellenic and the Etruscan influence on the devel- 

 opment of the sciences and arts in primitive Rome. 



6. A verification, by positive documents, of the place of birth of Godefroid 

 de Bouillon. 



7. What was the special character of the ancient Celtic, Batavian, and Gaul- 

 ish divinities '? 



8. What were the results of the Saxon immigrations in the eighth and uinth 

 centuries into the ancient Low Countries and the north of France ? From what 

 motives was Charlemagne led to favor them 1 



9. Might not archaeological and historical societies, by co-operating to this end, 

 complete in France the work of Alexis Monteil and extend its application to 

 other countries ? 



10. What, in the tenth century, were the principal routes of communication in 

 the Netherlands and the north of France ? 



11. What was the place of birth, or at least the nationality, of Pierre I'Her- 

 mite? 



12. Is it necessary to abandon the inquiry into the birth-place of Charle- 

 magne ? 



13. A determinate geographical circumscription of the forest Charboniere ? 



14. An estimate of the influence exerted by the Roman legions on the pro- 

 pagation of Christianity among barbarous tribes. 



15. Were there personages of high rank in Roman society who as early as 

 the first and second centiuies had embraced the religion of Christ ? 



16. What systems for the classification of historical archives have been 

 adopted in the diff'erent countries of Europe 1 What is the most rational 

 method ? 



17. Indicate the processes employed in the middle ages for the manufacture 

 of stained glass windows, distinguishing the ancient workshops most renowned 

 for the preparation of colored glass. 



18. What has been the influence of Germany on the development of public 

 law in France 1 



19. What were the relations of the Flemish communes with Edward the 

 third of England on the occasion of his wars with Philip de Valois 1 An ap- 

 preciation of Van Artevelde in reference to the Flemish policy regarding Eng- 

 land and France. 



20. What was the topography of ancient Menapia at the time of Julius 

 Caesar ? 



21. An account of the external relations of the Society of Free Merchants of 

 London, and the treaties of commerce which it negotiated. 



22. What is the present name of the localities in which were situated the en- 

 dowments conferred by Goibert and his son Guntbert, endowments verified by 

 several diplomas of the ninth century of the cartulary of the abbey of St. Ber- 

 tin? (See Cartulaire de VAbbaye, by M. Guerard : Paris, 1841.) 



23. What are the means of determining the territorial circumscriptions of the 

 Gaulish tribes mentioned in ancient authors ? 



24. What was the influence of the navigation law, under Cromwell, on the 

 development of the English marine? 



25. An account of the hydraulic labors connected with the ancient course of 

 the Scheldt towards the sea, executed by the orders of King Otho. Did not 

 these labors give rise to two distinct enterprises : the derivation of the Scheldt 

 from Ghent to Boterswonde under Otho I, (941-946,) and the enlargement of 

 the passage before Flessingen, under Otho 11 ? 



26. What has been the influence of the diflerent modes of artistic instruction 

 employed from the thirteenth century to our own day, upon the progiess of in- 

 telligence and the civilization of the popular classes 'I 



