ib._ and _note_ d;
defeats the Alemanni, 3;
his conversion to Christianity, _ib._;
defeats Alaric, 4;
his last exploits and sanguinary policy, _ib._ and _note_ g;
division of his dominions amongst his sons, 4, 5 and _notes_;
the last of his race, 8;
his alleged subjection to the emperors discussed, _Note_ III. 106-111;
his limited authority: story of the vase of Soissons, 155;
theory built on the story, 301, 302;
crimes of himself and his grandson, iii. 306 and _note_ u.

Clovis II., accession of, i. 120.

Cobham, lord (_temp._ Richard II.). banished, iii. 77.

Coining, extensive practice of, amongst the French nobles, i. 205;
debased money issued by them, 206;
systematic adulteration of coin by the kings, 210, 228, 231;
measures adopted for remedying these frauds, 211 _note_ h;
grant of taxes made conditional on restoration of the coin, 230;
priests executed for coining, ii. 252 _note_ e;
an abbot hanged for the same offence, iii. 205;
clipping of coins by the Jews, 369 _note_ t.

Cologne, antiquity of the municipal institutions of, i. 350.

Coloni, characteristics and privileges of the, i. 325.

Combat. See Trial.

Comines (Philip de), characteristic note on taxation by, i. 236.

Commodianus, literary remains of, iii. 281;
specimen thereof, _ib. note_ n.

Comnenus. See Alexius.

Conrad (duke of Franconia), elected emperor of Germany, ii. 67.

Conrad II. (the Salic), important edict of, relative to feuds, i. 166,
167 and _notes_;
elected emperor of Germany, ii. 68;
his ancestry, _ib. note_ f.

Conrad III. joins in the second crusade i. 38;
elected emperor of Germany, ii. 72.

Conrad IV., accession of, i. 392;
his struggles for dominion in Italy, and death, _ib._;
his difficulties in Germany, ii. 76.

Conradin (son of Conrad IV.) attempts to regain his inheritance, i. 407;
put to death by Charles of Anjou, _ib._

Constance, council of. See Council.

Constance, treaty of, i, 376.

Constantine V. dethroned by his mother, i. 122.

Constantinople, advantageous position of, ii. 125;
its resistance to the Moslem assaults, 126;
its capture by the Latins, 128;
its magnificence and populousness, 129, 130;
Vandalism of its conquerors, 130;
its recapture by the Greeks, 131;
besieged by Bajazet, 132, and by Amurath, 135;
attacked by M