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Strasbourg — A city of Alsace, on the Rhine
A Rhine city where two Carolingian kings swore alliance each in the other’s tongue, leaving the oldest written trace of the Romance language. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded event that took place in Strasbourg: the Oaths of Strasbourg.
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