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king_n of_o italy_n 162_o crown_v emperor_n of_o the_o east_n 162_o forsake_v of_o the_o italian_n and_o dispossess_v call_v the_o hungarian_n into_o italy_n his_o death_n ibid._n berenger_n king_n of_o italy_n with_o his_o son_n adelbert_n be_v abandon_v of_o his_o subject_n 188_o banish_v into_o germany_n ibid._n berenger_n archdeacon_n of_o anger_n be_v a_o heresiark_n and_o head_n of_o the_o heretical_a sacramentary_n his_o several_a retraction_n and_o death_n 229_o berenger_n raimond_n earl_n of_o provence_n his_o death_n 303_o bernard_n king_n of_o italy_n make_v oath_n of_o fidelity_n to_o the_o emperor_n lewis_n the_o debonair_a 121_o appease_v the_o tumult_n of_o the_o roman_n 121_o conspire_n against_o the_o emperor_n his_o uncle_n and_o be_v take_v prisoner_n 122_o his_o death_n 123_o bernard_n earl_n of_o barcelona_n the_o favourite_n of_o the_o empress_n judith_n 126_o st._n bernard_n oppose_v henry_n the_o monk_n disciple_n of_o peter_n bruys_n in_o languedoc_n 245_o abbot_n of_o clervais_n in_o high_a esteem_n among_o the_o prelate_n the_o grandee_n and_o the_o people_n 243_o preach_v the_o croisado_n by_o command_n of_o the_o pope_n 244_o acquire_v great_a reputation_n to_o his_o order_n 271_o cause_n innocent_a ii_o to_o be_v own_v 303_o bernard_n saisset_n bishop_n of_o pamiez_n make_v prisoner_n 326_o berthier_n more_n of_o the_o neustrian_a palace_n his_o unhappy_a end_n 69_o bertoald_n more_n of_o the_o palace_n 42_o bertradi_n daughter_n of_o simon_n de_fw-fr montfort_n marry_v foulques_fw-fr le_fw-fr rechin_n who_o be_v age_v 222_o she_o leave_v her_o husband_n to_o marry_v king_n philip_n though_o nigh_o of_o kindred_n 222_o robert_n de_fw-fr bethune_n earl_n of_o flanders_n his_o death_n 350_o bilicbild_n queen_n of_o france_n 65_o blanch_n wife_n of_o lewis_n the_o lazy_a 198_o blanch_n of_o castille_n widow_n of_o lewis_n viii_o and_o regent_n of_o the_o kingdom_n cause_v lewis_n her_o elder_a son_n to_o be_v crown_v 295_o her_o death_n and_o burial_n 306_o blanch_n of_o france_n queen_n of_o castille_n 313_o blanch_n of_o artois_n queen_n of_o navarre_n 316_o blanch_n of_o france_n betroth_v twice_o and_o marry_v in_o fine_a to_o rodolphus_n duke_n of_o austria_n 321_o blanch_n of_o burgundy_n 324_o blasphemy_n edict_n against_o blasphemer_n 252_o beomond_n prince_n of_o the_o normand_n in_o apulia_n 222_o boniface_n bishop_n of_o mentz_n take_v great_a care_n for_o the_o re-establishment_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n by_o the_o convocation_n of_o divers_a council_n 112_o 113_o boniface_n marquis_n of_o montferat_fw-la join_v with_o the_o french_a in_o the_o expedition_n to_o the_o holy_a land_n 256_o be_v make_v king_n of_o thessaly_n ibid._n boniface_n viii_o elect_a pope_n 325_o endeavour_n to_o make_v peace_n in_o christendom_n ibid._n make_v himself_o a_o enemy_n to_o the_o king_n of_o france_n philip_n the_o fair_a divers_a cause_n of_o enmity_n 326_o arbitrator_n of_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o king_n of_o france_n the_o english_a and_o flemings_n 328_o publish_v a_o general_a indulgence_n afterward_o call_v a_o jubilee_n 328_o attribute_n the_o temporal_a power_n to_o himself_o as_o well_o as_o the_o ecclesiastical_a 329_o disaffect_v to_o the_o french_a 329_o excommunicate_n philip_n the_o fair._n 329_o be_v accuse_v of_o heresy_n and_o divers_a other_o crime_n 329_o ill_o treat_v at_o anagnia_n by_o the_o french_a his_o death_n 332_o boatswain_n brother_n of_o queen_n richilda_n 143_o be_v crown_v king_n of_o burgundy_n defeat_v and_o vanquish_v in_o battle_n 151_o bourge_n archbishop_n take_v the_o title_n of_o primate_n and_o that_o of_o patriarch_n over_o the_o archbishop_n of_o narbona_n bourdeaux_n and_o of_o ausch_n 337_o bourgogue_n or_o burgundy_n unite_v to_o france_n and_o lose_v the_o title_n of_o a_o kingdom_n 22_o bourgogne_n or_o burgundy_n duchy_n yield_v by_o king_n henry_n to_o robert_n his_o brother_n 214_o bourgogne_n transjurane_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o arles_n pass_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o emperor_n conrade_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o germany_n 215_o bourgogne_n or_o burgundy_n county_z the_o subject_a of_o a_o great_a quarrel_n 238_o difference_n and_o a_o hot_a war_n between_o reinauld_n earl_n of_o burgundy_n and_o bertold_v duke_n of_o zeringben_n for_o the_o county_n ibid._n give_v to_o philip_n the_o fair._n 324_o the_o bourgundians_n make_v themselves_o master_n of_o a_o part_n of_o gall._n their_o conversion_n to_o the_o christian_a faith_n 8_o of_o the_o mariner_n compass_n and_o its_o first_o invention_n 330_o brabant_n chief_a of_o the_o duke_n of_o brabant_n 210_o britain_n great_a subdue_v by_o the_o english_a saxon_n 8_o bretagne_n cast_v off_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o french_a 135_o loses_n the_o name_n of_o kingdom_n and_o take_v that_o of_o county_n then_o of_o duchy_n 144_o in_o great_a trouble_n 184_o subject_v to_o the_o duke_n of_o normandy_n 215_o in_o great_a trouble_n 245_o breton_n make_v great_a incursion_n upon_o the_o territory_n of_o the_o french_a and_o be_v bring_v to_o reason_n 56_o subject_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o france_n vanquish_v 123_o obstinate_a for_o their_o liberty_n 124_o brosse_n peter_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr a_o barber_n advance_v to_o a_o supreme_a fortune_n endeavour_n in_o vain_a to_o ruin_v the_o queen_n of_o france_n 318_o be_v hang_v ibid._n brunebaud_n banish_v to_o roven_n be_v set_v at_o liberty_n 35_o get_v away_o the_o huns_n by_o force_n of_o money_n 42_o chase_v by_o the_o austrasian_o 42_o lead_v a_o vicious_a lewd_a life_n 43_o her_o unhappy_a end_n 45_o bruno_n archbishop_n of_o colen_n 184_o bulgarian_n have_v a_o quarrel_n with_o the_o avari_fw-la and_o be_v total_o vanquish_v 121_o ransack_v panonia_n superiora_fw-la 124_o ransack_v lombary_n 162_o burdin_n favourite_n of_o henry_n v._o emperor_n confine_v to_o a_o perpetual_a imprisonment_n 274_o c._n calistus_n ii_o pope_n under_o the_o protection_n of_o france_n against_o the_o emperor_n 236_o calistus_n iii_o antipope_n 272_o canal_n begin_v for_o the_o communication_n between_o the_o river_n of_o rhine_n and_o the_o danube_n remain_v imperfect_a 104_o candia_n fall_v under_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o venetian_n 263_o cardinal_n in_o great_a splendour_n 292_o the_o cardinal_n their_o growth_n and_o their_o authority_n 282_o fall_v from_o their_o so_o great_a power_n ibid._n carloman_n son_n of_o pepin_n king_n of_o austrasia_n 95_o his_o death_n 97_o carloman_n elder_a son_n of_o charles_n the_o bald_a revolt_v against_o his_o father_n be_v punish_v 144_o carloman_n king_n of_o west_n france_n aquitain_n and_o burgundy_n 148_o his_o death_n 156_o carloman_n son_n of_o charles_n martel_n duke_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o french_a in_o austrasia_n 86_o he_o and_o pepin_n shut_v up_o their_o brother_n griffin_n in_o a_o castle_n 84_o bring_v the_o duke_n of_o aquitain_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o bavaria_n to_o reason_n who_o be_v revolt_v 86_o march_n afterward_o against_o the_o saxon_n 86_o quit_v the_o world_n and_o take_v on_o he_o the_o habit_n of_o st._n bennet_n at_o mount_n soracie_n 87_o caroloman_n come_v into_o france_n on_o behalf_n of_o astolphus_n king_n of_o the_o lombard_n and_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o a_o monastery_n at_o vienne_n and_o his_o son_n shave_v anno_fw-la 754._o 92_o caroloman_n son_n of_o lewis_n the_o german_a king_n of_o bavaria_n 148_o great_a preparation_n for_o italy_n without_o effect_n 146_o his_o death_n 149_o carmelites_n their_o institution_n and_o establishment_n 339_o carobert_n king_n of_o hungary_n 334_o castille_n in_o trouble_n and_o division_n about_o the_o crown_n 316_o catare_v heretic_n 278_o celestine_n pope_n lay_v down_o the_o triple_a crown_n or_o thiara_n 325_o celibate_n of_o the_o priest_n 288_o disorder_n fall_v thereon_o ibid._n cenobite_n 4_o chape_n or_o mantle_n of_o st._n martin_n bear_v at_o the_o head_n of_o their_o army_n 244_o thomas_n de_fw-fr champeaux_n doctor_n in_o theology_n take_v the_o habit_n of_o a_o friar_n at_o st._n victor_n 276_o canon_n regulars_n in_o esteem_n
upon_o the_o kingdom_n of_o burgundy_n and_o upon_o the_o loire_n to_o his_o own_o confusion_n his_o death_n 217_o eude_n or_o otho_n duke_n of_o aquitain_n and_o gascongne_n 221_o rebellion_n of_o his_o subject_n his_o death_n eudes_fw-la earl_n of_o corbeil_n 234_o eude_n duke_n of_o burgundy_n 347_o eudon_n earl_n of_o pontieure_fw-fr seize_v the_o duchy_n of_o bretagne_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o hoel_n 245_o eugenius_n ii_o elect_a pope_n 124_o come_v into_o france_n 127_o exarchat_n of_o ravenna_n and_o its_o dependence_n 92_o king_n pepin_n make_v a_o donation_n of_o it_o to_o the_o apostle_n st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n not_o to_o the_o emperor_n constantine_n ib._n excommunication_n render_v despisable_v 270_o their_o force_n 290_o exemption_n and_o immunitle_n grant_v to_o monastery_n 271_o exemption_n of_o bishop_n be_v grant_v by_o the_o diocesan_n but_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o brethren_n ib._n exemption_n of_o monastery_n by_o who_o grant_v and_o the_o reason_n 268_o expedition_n beyond_o sea_n 244_o f._n faction_n strange_a 150_o etc._n etc._n famine_n great_a 〈◊〉_d france_n 59_o famine_n horrible_a and_o cruel_a 213_o faramond_n or_o pharamont_n first_o king_n of_o france_n 6_o his_o death_n 7_o fastrade_n queen_n of_o france_n her_o marriage_n her_o death_n 105_o etc._n etc._n favourite_n of_o prince_n cause_n of_o great_a trouble_n and_o uproar_n 333_o federic_n ii_o king_n of_o sicilia_n be_v elect_v emperor_n and_o repass_n into_o germany_n 265_o renew_v the_o alliance_n between_o france_n and_o germany_n 266_o federic_n ii_o cause_n of_o a_o schism_n 272_o federic_n i._n of_o the_o name_n call_v the_o barbarossa_n emperor_n 246_o federic_n i._n emperor_n his_o ambition_n put_v a_o stop_n by_o pope_n adrian_n uphold_v victor_n against_o alexander_n iii_o pope_n 289_o uphold_v calistus_n iii_o ib._n be_v unfortunate_a ib._n ask_v pardon_n of_o his_o holiness_n at_o venice_n ib._n go_v to_o the_o holy_a land_n 303_o share_v his_o empire_n among_o his_o child_n his_o death_n 306_o federic_n grandson_n of_o the_o emperor_n of_o that_o name_n duke_n of_o austrasia_n 306_o federic_n duke_n of_o austria_n join_v with_o couradin_n in_o the_o war_n of_o sicily_n his_o unhappy_a end_n 311_o federic_n of_o arragon_n take_v the_o name_n of_o king_n of_o sicily_n 325_o ferdinand_n of_o castille_n call_v la_o cerde_n his_o death_n 317_o ferrand_n of_o portugal_n earl_n of_o flanders_n 266_o feast_n of_o fool_n 293_o feast_n or_o festival_n and_o of_o their_o celebration_n 52_o 53_o feast_n of_o christmas_n and_o easter_n celebrate_v by_o the_o king_n of_o france_n with_o great_a solemnity_n 93_o fief_n and_o their_o original_a 35_o st._n filibert_n imprison_v 68_o financier_n prosecute_v 344_o financier_n and_o maloistier_n call_v in_o question_n and_o punish_v 350_o flagellant_n 309_o flanders_n make_v a_o county_n 104_o give_v to_o william_n duke_n of_o normandy_n son_n of_o robert_n 238_o subject_n of_o a_o great_a feud_n ib._n divide_v 330_o revolt_v and_o be_v lose_v as_o to_o france_n ib._n in_o trouble_n 351_o flochat_n quarrel_v betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o duke_n of_o transjurain_n 59_o florence_n republic_n in_o trouble_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o faction_n which_o torment_v it_o 330_o flota_n peter_n a_o man_n violent_a and_o covetous_a 329_o formosa_fw-la pope_n cause_n of_o a_o horrible_a scandal_n to_o the_o roman_a church_n 161_o force_n difference_n there_o be_v otherwhile_o betwixt_o those_o belong_v to_o the_o king_n and_o those_o of_o the_o kingdom_n 238_o fulk_n archbishop_n of_o reims_n be_v assassinate_v and_o the_o murderer_n eat_v up_o of_o louse_n 162_o fulk_n le_fw-fr roux_n or_o the_o red_a earl_n of_o anjou_n his_o death_n 164_o fulk_n le_fw-fr bon_fw-fr or_o the_o good_a earl_n of_o anjou_n 164_o his_o death_n 180_o fulk_n earl_n of_o anjou_n a_o capital_a enemy_n of_o the_o breton_n his_o death_n 184_o fulk_n le_fw-fr rechin_n take_v beltrade_n for_o his_o three_o wife_n 223_o fulk_n king_n of_o jerusalem_n his_o death_n 243_o fulk_n archbishop_n of_o reims_n menace_v his_o king_n to_o withdraw_v his_o subject_n 266_o france_n and_o its_o first_o establishment_n in_o gall._n 20_o divide_v into_o oosterich_n or_o eastern_a part_n and_o westrich_n or_o western_a part_n 20_o france_n the_o western_a part_n without_o a_o chief_a 155_o dismember_v in_o divers_a part_n ib._n france_n unite_v preserve_v itself_o against_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o pope_n 287_o franciscan_n and_o dominican_n of_o their_o jealousy_n against_o each_o other_o and_o their_o enterprise_n on_o the_o function_n of_o ordinary_a pastor_n 303_o their_o quarrel_n with_o st._n amour_n vide_fw-la quarrel_n franciscan_n religious_a their_o institution_n and_o establishment_n 339_o french_a and_o their_o original_a 2_o their_o incursion_n into_o gall._n ib._n the_o french_a nation_n divide_v into_o diverse_a people_n 3_o occupy_n a_o part_n of_o germania_n secunda_n 6_o their_o first_o king_n and_o of_o their_o inauguration_n ib._n chase_v byond_v the_o rhine_n by_o the_o roman_n 7_o french_z their_o conversion_n to_o the_o christian_a religion_n 15_o they_o snare_v the_o land_n of_o gall_n among_o they_o to_o the_o loire_n 17_o their_o manner_n and_o custom_n ib._n cross_v themselves_o and_o make_v a_o expedition_n for_o the_o recovery_n of_o the_o holy_a land_n their_o conquest_n 260_o etc._n etc._n fredegonda_n cause_v sigebert_n to_o be_v assassinate_v and_o her_o husband_n chilperic_n 32_o etc._n etc._n she_o likewise_o cause_v pretextat_n archbishop_n of_o roven_n to_o be_v assassinate_v 38_o her_o death_n 41_o friar_n minor_n or_o cordelier_n their_o institution_n 264_o friar_n preacher_n or_o jacobin_n their_o institution_n ib._n friar_n preacher_n and_o friar_n minor_n and_o of_o their_o erterprise_n upon_o the_o right_n of_o the_o ordinary_n 339_o frison_n and_o neustrians_n attaque_fw-la the_o austrasian_o 79_o g._n gaifre_v duke_n of_o aquitain_n his_o obstinacy_n not_o to_o acknowledge_v king_n pepin_n chastise_v 93_o etc._n etc._n his_o death_n 94_o ganelon_n and_o his_o fable_n 140_o gascogne_n divide_v into_o duchy_n and_o county_n its_o extent_n 121_o gascogne_n and_o aquitania_n secunda_n ransack_v and_o desolate_v by_o the_o normand_n 142_o gascogne_n the_o house_n of_o gascogne_n resolve_v into_o that_o of_o poitiers_n or_o aquitaine_n 209_o gascon_n make_v eruption_n upon_o the_o french_a 35_o make_v themselves_o master_n of_o a_o part_n of_o the_o novempopulania_n or_o aquitania_n tertia_fw-la 42_o subdue_v by_o the_o french_a 56_o punish_v for_o their_o insolence_n 121_o reduce_v under_o a_o duke_n of_o their_o own_o nation_n 143_o bring_v to_o reason_n 209_o gaveston_n favourite_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n 334_o gaul_n its_o situation_n 1_o conquer_a by_o caesar_n ib._n divide_v by_o the_o roman_n into_o divers_a province_n and_o government_n ib._n its_o town_n and_o city_n 1_o 2_o of_o their_o revolt_v 2_o part_n of_o it_o conquer_v by_o the_o visigoth_n another_o part_n by_o the_o burgundian_n and_o the_o remainder_n by_o the_o french_a 3_o 4_o etc._n etc._n gautier_n de_fw-fr bevierre_fw-fr cross_v himself_o for_o the_o holy_a land_n 260_o gauzzelin_n abbot_n of_o st._n german_a des_fw-fr prez_n 145_o gedoin_n abbot_n of_o st._n victor_n 276_o geffroy_n plantagenest_n earl_n of_o anjou_n marry_v the_o king_n of_o england_n daughter_n 239_o quarrel_n with_o his_o father_n in_o law_n 240_o dispossess_v in_o part_n of_o his_o duchy_n of_o normandy_n ib._n geffroy_n martel_n earl_n of_o anjou_n 216_o besieges_n and_o take_v the_o city_n of_o tours_n a_o act_n of_o piety_n ib._n geoffrey_n martel_n quit_v the_o world_n and_o shut_v himself_o up_o in_o a_o monastery_n 217_o geoffrey_n the_o beard_a 217_o geoffrey_n martel_n ib._n gefrey_n brother_n of_o henry_n king_n of_o england_n be_v make_v earl_n of_o nantes_n his_o death_n 247_o geffrey_n of_o bretagne_n take_v up_o arm_n against_o the_o king_n of_o england_n his_o father_n 250_o geffroy_n duke_n of_o normandy_n and_o bretagne_n 249_o his_o death_n 254_o gelasius_n be_v elect_v pope_n 236_o be_v drive_v from_o rome_n by_o the_o emperor_n henry_n v._o and_o come_v into_o france_n ib._n gelasius_n ii_o acknowledge_v the_o power_n of_o council_n 289_o general_n of_o a_o army_n the_o division_n betwixt_o general_n of_o army_n of_o a_o pernicious_a consequence_n 40_o generosity_n admirable_a 165_o genseric_n king_n of_o the_o vandal_n sack_n the_o city_n of_o rome_n 11_o gerfroy_n grisegonnelle_a earl_n of_o anjou_n his_o death_n 188_o gerfroy_n duke_n or_o earl_n of_o bretagne_n his_o death_n 211_o st._n gerard._n 205_o gerard_n bishop_n of_o angoulesme_fw-fr acknowledge_v anaclet_n for_o pope_n 274_o subject_n of_o that_o acknowledgement_n ib._n his_o death_n 275_o gerberge_n queen_n of_o france_n endeavour_n to_o release_v her_o husband_n of_o his_o imprisonment_n 179_o govern_v the_o state_n under_o the_o king_n of_o lotaire_n her_o son_n 184_o gerbert_n elect_a archbishop_n of_o rheims_n very_o skilful_a in_o
of_o france_n wife_n of_o lewis_n xii_o 554_o take_v the_o duke_n of_o suffolk_n for_o her_o second_o husband_n 568_o marry_o queen_n widow_n of_o hungary_n governess_n of_o the_o low-countries_n 601_o marry_o princess_n of_o scotland_n 613_o marry_o queen_n of_o scot_n great_a trouble_n in_o scotland_n for_o she_o concern_v 618_o bring_v into_o france_n 624_o marry_o queen_n of_o england_n declare_v war_n against_o france_n 646_o william_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr mark_n call_v the_o wildboard_n of_o ardenne_n behead_v 504_o marseilles_n besiege_v by_o the_o imperialist_n without_o success_n 577_o martin_n v._n pope_n transfer_v the_o council_n of_o sienna_n to_o basil_n 448_o prince_n maurice_n 631_o maximilian_n emperor_n besieges_n terovene_n 502_o maximilian_n be_v elect_v and_o crown_v king_n of_o the_o roman_n 510_o his_o death_n 563_o maximilian_n king_n of_o bohemia_n in_o contest_v with_o charles_n v._o his_o uncle_n 638_o meaux_n besiege_a and_o take_v by_o the_o english_a 440_o 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