it.

1297. Great victory of the Scots, under William Wallace, at Stirling.
See "EXPLOITS AND DEATH OF WILLIAM WALLACE," vi, 369.

Count Guy Flanders is defeated by the French.

Philip the Fair is excommunicated because his law against the export
of coin stops the papal revenues derived from France.

Pope Boniface VIII prohibits the dissection of dead bodies for the
study of anatomy at Bologna.

1298. Adolphus of Nassau defeated and slain by Rudolph's son, Albert,
who is elected king by the German electors.

At Curzola the Genoese gain a naval victory over the Venetians.

A successful war is waged against the Colonnas by Pope Boniface VIII.

Wallace defeated at Falkirk by Edward I. See "EXPLOITS AND DEATH OF
WILLIAM WALLACE," vi, 369,

1299. Defeat of the Turks at Hems by the allied forces of the Templars
and Mongols; recovery of Jerusalem for a short period.

Ottoman Turks invade the Greek empire.

1300. Institution of the jubilee by Pope Boniface VIII. See "FIRST
GREAT JUBILEE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH," vi, 378.

Guy, Count of Flanders, defeated and made prisoner by Philip's
brother, Charles de Valois.

A charitable society at Antwerp is first given the name of Lollards,
because they lulled the sick by singing to them.

FOOTNOTES:

1. See _The Peace of Constance_, page 28.

2. See _Archiepiscopate of Thomas Becket_, page 1.

3. See _Saladin Takes Jerusalem from the Christians_, page 41.

4. See _The Third Crusade_, page 54.

5. See _Philip of France Wins the French Domains of the English
Kings_, page 86.

6. See _Signing of the Magna Charta_, page 175.

7. See _Innocent III Exalts the Papal Power_, page 156.

8. See _Decline of the Moorish Power in Spain_, vol. v, page 256.

9. See _Venetians and Crusaders Take Constantinople_, page 121.

10. See _Latin Empire of the East_, page 140.

11. See _The Sixth Crusade_, page 208.

12. See _The Teutonic Knights_, page 68.

13. See _Mamelukes Usurp Power in Egypt_, page 240.

14. See _Louis IX Leads the Last Crusade_, page 275.

15. See _The Sicilian Vespers_, page 340.

16. See _First Great Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Church_, page 378.

17. See _Rise of the Hanseatic League_, page 214.

18. See _Founding of the House of Hapsburg_, page 298.

19. See _Founding of the Mongol Empire_, page 103.

20. See _Russia Conquered by the Tartar Hordes_, page 196.

21. See _Height of the Mongol Power in China_, page 2