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CONTENTS.<br />

O<br />

A. D. PAGE.<br />

Its Copies 252<br />

Opposition to Image- Worship 253<br />

726—840. Leo <strong>the</strong> Iconoclast, <strong>and</strong> his successors 255<br />

754. <strong>The</strong>ir Synod <strong>of</strong> Constantinople 256<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir Creed 256<br />

726—775. <strong>The</strong>ir Persecution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Images <strong>and</strong> Monks 258<br />

State <strong>of</strong> Italy 260<br />

727. Epistles <strong>of</strong> Gregory II. to <strong>the</strong> Emperor 261<br />

728. Revolt <strong>of</strong> Italy 263<br />

Republic <strong>of</strong> Rome 266<br />

730—752. Rome attacked by <strong>the</strong> Lombards 268<br />

751. Her Deliverance by Pepin 271<br />

774. Conquest <strong>of</strong> Lombardy by Charlemagne 271<br />

751, 753, 768. Pepin <strong>and</strong> Charlemagne, Kings <strong>of</strong> France 271<br />

Patricians <strong>of</strong> Rome 273<br />

Donations <strong>of</strong> Pepin <strong>and</strong> Charlemagne to <strong>the</strong> Popes 275<br />

Forgery <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Donation <strong>of</strong> Constantine 277<br />

780. Restoration <strong>of</strong> Images in <strong>the</strong> East by <strong>the</strong> Empress Irene 279<br />

787. VHth General Council, lid <strong>of</strong> Nice 280<br />

842. Final Establishment <strong>of</strong> Images by <strong>the</strong> Empress <strong>The</strong>odora 281<br />

794. Reluctance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Franks <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> Charlemagne 282<br />

774—800. Final Separation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Popes from <strong>the</strong> Eastern Empire 282<br />

800. Coronation <strong>of</strong> Charlemagne as Emperor <strong>of</strong> Rome <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> West 285<br />

768—814. Reign <strong>and</strong> Character <strong>of</strong> Charlemagne 286<br />

Extent <strong>of</strong> his Empire 289<br />

In France 290<br />

Spain 290<br />

Italy 291<br />

Germany 291<br />

Hungary 291<br />

His Neighbors <strong>and</strong> Enemies 292<br />

His Successors 294<br />

814—887. In Italy 294<br />

911. In Germany 294<br />

987. In France 294<br />

814—840. Lewis <strong>the</strong> Pious 295<br />

840—856. Lo thai re 1 295<br />

856—875. Lewis II 295<br />

888. Division <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Empire 295<br />

962. Otho, King <strong>of</strong> Germany, restores <strong>and</strong> appropriates <strong>the</strong> Western Empire 296<br />

Transactions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Western <strong>and</strong> Eastern Empires 297<br />

800—1060. Authority <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Emperors in <strong>the</strong> Elections <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Popes 299<br />

Disorders 300<br />

1073. Reformation <strong>and</strong> Claims <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Church 301<br />

Authority <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Emperors in Rome 302<br />

932. Revolt <strong>of</strong> A lberic 302<br />

967. Of Pope John XII 303<br />

998. Of <strong>the</strong> Consul Crescentius 303<br />

774—1250. <strong>The</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> Italy 304<br />

1152—1190. Frederic 1 306<br />

1198—1250. Frederic II.... ; 307<br />

814—1250. Independence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Princes <strong>of</strong> Germany 308<br />

1250. <strong>The</strong> Germanic Constitution 308<br />

1347—1378. Weakness <strong>and</strong> Poverty <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> German Emperor Charles IV 310<br />

1356. His Ostentation 311<br />

Contrast <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Power <strong>and</strong> Modesty <strong>of</strong> Augustus 312<br />

CHAPTER L.<br />

DESCRIPTION OF ARABIA AND ITS INHABITANTS.— BIRTH, CHARACTER, AND<br />

DOCTRINE OF MAHOMET. — HE PREACHES AT MECCA.—FLIES TO MEDINA.<br />

PROPAGATES HIS RELIGION BY THE SWORD.—VOLUNTARY OR RELUCTANT<br />

SUBMISSION OF THE ARABS.— HIS DEATH AND SUCCESSORS.—THE CLAIMS<br />

AND FORTUNES OF ALI AND HIS DESCENDANTS.<br />

Description <strong>of</strong> A rabia 314<br />

<strong>The</strong> Soil <strong>and</strong> Climate ; ... 315<br />

Division <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> S<strong>and</strong>y, <strong>the</strong> Stony, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Happy Arabia 316

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