usalem taken by the Mussulmans 169
632. Death of Mahomet 169
635. Settlement of Scottish missionaries in Holy Island 172
664. Council of Whitby 172
724. Beginning of controversy as to images 170
732. Victory of Charles Martel over the Saracens 174
734. Death of the Venerable Bede 173
715-755. Missionary labours of St. Boniface 174
752. Pipin becomes king of the Franks 177
787. Second Council of Nicaea 180
794. Council of Frankfort 180
800. Charles the Great crowned as emperor 178
-- (about). Forgery of Constantine's donation 192
814. Death of Charles the Great 181
826-865. Missionary labours of Anskar 187
846 (about). Forgery of the False Decretals 192
860-870. Conversion of Bulgarians, Moravians, Bohemians, &c. 185
912. Foundation of the Order of Cluny 206
962. Otho I., emperor 183
988. Conversion of Basil, great prince of Russia 188
999. Sylvester II., pope 184
994-1030. Conversion of Norwegians 189
1046. Council of Sutri 185
1048. Pope Leo IX.--Beginning of Hildebrand's influence over
the papacy 193
1073. Hildebrand elected pope (Gregory VII.) 193
1074. Foundation of the Carthusian Order 207
1085. Death of Gregory VII. 197
1098. Foundation of the Cistercian Order 208
1099. Jerusalem taken in the First Crusade 202
1113. Order of St. John (or Hospitallers) founded 209
1116. Order of the Temple founded 210
1123. Agreement between the pope and the emperor at Worms 198
1147-1149. The Second Crusade 213
1153. Death of St. Bernard
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