_note_ s.

Purveyance, oppressive operation of the prerogative of, iii. 148, and
149 _note_.

Races, turbulence of the Carlovingian period ascribed to the antipathy
between, i. 128-134.

Rachimburgii, the, i. 214;
difference between them and the Scabini, 216 _note_ z.

Ravenna, conquest and reconquest of. i. 8, 9.

Raymond VI. (count of Toulouse) excommunicated by Innocent III., i. 28;
reverses of his son Raymond, 29.

Regencies, rule in France relative to, i. 68 and _note_ a;
instances of regencies in England, and principles deducible therefrom,
iii. 184-190.

Religious sects, moral improvement accelerated by the growth of, iii.
378;
tenets of the Manicheans and Paulicians, 378, 379 and _notes_;
the Albigenses, and controversies respecting them, 380, 381 and _note_;
origin of the Waldenses, 382, 383 and _notes_;
morality of their life, 384 _note_ b;
Manicheism of the Albigenses, 385;
persecutions at Oxford, _ib._ and _note_;
secret readings of the scriptures, 386;
persecutions for witchcraft, _ib._ _note_;
permissions and prohibitions concerning the sacred writings, 387;
continued spread of heresies, 388;
strictnesses of Lollardism, 389;
schism of the Hussites, 389, 390 and _note_ m.

Representation of the towns. See Parliament, States-General.

Representative legislation, first germ of, i. 216.
See Parliament.

Revenues of the kings of France, how derived, i. 208-212.
See Taxation.

Richard I., non-success of, against Philip Augustus, i. 26;
joins with Philip in the crusades, 40;
his prowess; terror excited by his name, _ib._ and _note_ t;
his refusal relative to the right of private war, 207 _note_ t;
his submission to the pope, ii. 197;
deposition of his chancellor, 325;
enactment of the laws of Oleron imputed to him, iii. 334;
his character as a troubadour, 439 and _note_ k.

Richard II. loses ground in France, i. 64, 65;
his coronation, iii. 58;
his council during his minority, _ib._;
his struggles with parliament, 62-64;
sketch of his character, 65;
his dependence on favourites, 66;
his refusal to dismiss de la Pole, duke of Suffolk, 67;
determined conduct of the commons towards him, 67, 68;
he yields to their demands, 69;
his further attempts at independent rule, 73;
his complaint against