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And the Pope and the Church in the East and at home were excommunicating the Saxons on that account, and they did not pay any attention or heed unto that, &c.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

The legate and the bishops were excommunicating the plunderers of churches, but the plunderers laughed at their anathemas.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)