ir transactions, iii. 340 and _notes_.

Folcland, nature of, ii. 406.

Foreigners invested with power in Italian states, i. 397, 416, 421,
427, 449.

Forest laws of the Anglo-Norman kings, ii. 312;
mitigation of their severity, iii. 150;
punishments inflicted, 311.

Fortescue (Sir John), on the English constitution, iii. 154.

France, policy observed in the territorial division of, i. 4 _note_ i;
insignificance of its early monarchs, 6 and _note_ m;
loss of the English possessions in, 27;
increase of the French domains, 42-45;
its state at the commencement of hostilities by Edward III., 51;
its condition after the battle of Poitiers, 56;
assembly of the States-General, _ib._;
desolation of the kingdom by famine, 57 and _note_;
ravaged by banditti, 58;
the Jacquerie insurrection, _ib._ and _note_ k;
state of the country under Charles V. and VI., 65, 66;
under Charles VII., 77, 84;
consolidation of its dominions, 100;
its historians, 101 _note_ m;
its deplorable state under Charles the Bald, 135;
its provincial government under the Merovingian kings, 152;
succession to its monarchy, 154 and 217 _note_;
its progress from weakness to strength, 204;
revenue of its kings, how raised, 208;
its coinage, 210, 211;
taxation, 211, 212;
its constitution never a _free_ one, 229 _note_ b;
designs of its kings upon Naples, 503 _et seq._

Franconia, rise of the House of, ii. 68;
its extinction, 71.

Frankfort, council of. See Council.

Franks, territories occupied by the, i. 2 and _note_ c;
their probable origin, _Note_ II. 104, 105;
their position under Pepin, 117, 118;
their promise to Pepin, 127, 154;
character of their church dignitaries, 150 _note_ q;
increase of the power of their kings, 155;
serfdom and villenage amongst them, 198-200;
extent to which they participated in legislation, 213 and _note_;
origin of the Ripuarian Franks and Salian Franks, 279;
their numbers during the reign of Clovis, 291, 292;
presumed infrequency of marriages between them and the Romans, 296;
extent of power possessed by their kings, 301-309.

Fredegonde, queen. See Chilperic.

Frederic I. (Frederic Barbarossa), third crusade undertaken by, i. 40;
title conferred by him on the archbishop of Lyons, 45;
commencement of his career in Italy, 371;
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