a (Antonio de) assassinates the archbishop of Saragossa, ii. 41.

Luna (Frederic count of) claims the throne of Aragon, ii. 41;
care taken of his interests by the court, _ib._

Luna (Peter de). See Benedict XIII.

Lupus Servatus, literary performances of, iii. 475 _note_ a.

Luxemburg (John of), execution of prisoners of war by, i. 84;
betrays Joan of Arc to the English, _ib. note_ f.

Magna Charta. See England.

Mahomet the prophet. See Mohammed.

Mahomet II. attacks the Venetians, i. 493;
his success, 495;
failure of his assault upon Belgrade, ii. 106;
he captures Constantinople, 136;
unrealised schemes for his expulsion, 136, 137;
his European successes and reverses, 138;
AEneas Sylvius's odd proposal, _ib. note_.

Mandats and their abuses, ii. 212.

Manfred, brave retention of the imperial throne by, i. 392;
killed, 406.

Manicheans. See Religious Sects.

Manners. See Chivalry, Domestic Life, Learning, Superstition.

Manufactures. See Trade.

Manuscripts. See Learning.

Marcel (magistrate of Paris), why assassinated, i. 232.

March (Roger, earl of) opposes the duke of Lancaster, iii. 56;
his significant policy, 57;
his popularity with the parliament, 65;
his exclusion from the throne, 82, 194;
clemency of Henry V. towards him, 194.

Margaret of Anjou married to Henry VI., iii. 98;
consequences of her impolicy, 194, 197.
See Henry VI.

Mariner's compass, tradition of the invention of the, iii. 332, 333.

Maritime laws of early times, iii. 333;
prevalence of piracy, 334;
law of reprisals, 335.

Marriages, capricious decrees of the popes concerning, ii. 208;
dispensations and their abuses, _ib._

Martin (prince of Aragon) marries the queen of Sicily, i. 490;
his death, _ib._

Martin (king of Aragon) succeeds to his son's Sicilian dominions, i. 490;
contests for the Aragonese throne at his death, ii. 39.

Martin V. elected pope, ii. 246;
he convokes the council of Pavia, 247;
his anger at the English statute of praemunire, 251, _note_ y;
his concordat with England, 251;
powers reserved to him by the German concordats, 252, 253;
rejection of his concordat by France, 254.

Mary of Burgundy. See Burgundy.

Matilda (countess) bequeaths her dominions to Rome, i. 380.

Matthias Corvinus. See Corvinus.

Maximilian of Austria marries Mar