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8 GERMAN ROMANESQUE [CH. xvraLorsch middle one, and the additional arch with its zigzags andRomanesque capitals erected over it for dignity.TheGermanSskanadjective varia is applicable to a polychrome structure,but the vanished abbey of Lorsch may have had manybuildings of polychrome masonry besides this one.The round church at NYMEGUEN in Brabant, which isillustrated by Fergusson, is obviously a later imitation ofCharlemagne's Palatine chapel at Aix. But his buildingset no general example, and when German Romanesquebegan to assume the character of a definite stylewe findthe basilican type of church accepted for general use.Under Charlemagne's weak successors, and in thedistracted state of the Empire inwas little room for the cultivation of the arts.the 9th century, thereIn 888 onthe depositionof Charles the Fat France was separatedfrom Germany, which remained under elective kings tillthe Empire was revived by Otho I in 936, who conqueredItaly and restored it to Imperial rule, and established amore stable government.Rise ofDuring the reign of the three Othos Germany sawItaly. Manysomething like the development of free communes whichwas going on incities had become importanttrading communities, especially those on thegreat water-ways of the Rhine and other navigable rivers.Cologne, Treves, Mainz, Worms, Speyer, Nuremburg,Ulm, Regensburg and Augsburg were already aspiring tomunicipal freedom. Those of them which depended onthe Empire, began to resist the Bishop or Imperial Vicarwho was put over them, Henry V (i 106-1125) grantedthem privileges, took away the jurisdiction of Bishops,and made the citiesimmediately dependent on theEmperor. Those towns on the other hand which weredependent on Dukes and Counts waged incessant wars