Clement VI. acquits Joanna of Naples of murder, i. 487;
his licentiousness, ii. 238.
Clement VII., circumstances relative to his election as pope, ii. 240;
division of the papacy thereupon, 242;
proceedings after his death, 242, 243.
Clergy, ascendency of the (temp. Charles the Bald), i. 135;
their privileges under the feudal system, 195, 196;
fighting prelates, 195 note f;
their participation in legislative proceedings, 213, 215;
privileges of their tenants, 319;
bishops in Lombardy and their temporalities, 364, 366 and note x;
share of the citizens in their election, 366 and note y;
a robber archbishop, ii. 95;
immense territorial possessions of the clergy, 148 and notes;
their acquisition of political power, 152, 153;
their neglect of the rule of celibacy, 176, 177;
sufferings of the married clergy, 177 and note d;
lax morality of the English clergy, 178, 179 notes;
practice of simony, 179;
consent of the laity required in the election of bishops, ib.;
interference of the sovereigns therein, 180 and note n;
character of the clergy of Milan, 187 note g;
taxation of the clergy by the kings, 216;
tribute levied on them by the popes, 216, 217;
their disaffection towards Rome, 218;
their exemption from temporal jurisdiction, 219-221;
extortions of Edward I., 229;
effects of Wicliff's principles, 252;
priests executed for coining, ib. note e;
spiritual peers in the English parliament, iii. [4], [5];
their qualifications, [122];
clergy summoned to send representatives, [131];
cause of their being summoned, [132];
result of their segregating themselves from the commons, [133];
instances of their parliamentary existence, [135-138];
right of bishops to be tried by the peers, [204-207];
mediæval clergy not supporters of despotism, [258];
their ignorance of letters, [287-289];
their monastic vices, [303];
why a bishop made a Danish nobleman drunk, [306] [note] u.
See [Church], [Monasteries], [Papal Power], [Superstition].
Clisson (constable de), immense wealth amassed by, i. 69.
Clodomir (son of Clovis), dominions allotted to, i. 4;
proposed alternative relative to his children, 311 note.
Clotaire, portion of dominions allotted to, i. 4;
union of the whole under him, 5;
re-division amongst his sons, ib.;
criminality of his character, 119.
Clotaire II., reunion of the French dominions under, i. 5;
nature of the authority exercised by him, 117.
Clotilda converts her husband to Christianity, i. 3;
her sons, 4.
Clovis invades Gaul and defeats Syagrius, i. 2;
accepts the title of consul, 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.