Crecy, battle of, i. 55.
Crescentius put to death by Otho III., i. 359 and note.
Crusades, origin of the, i. 33;
energetic appeals of Peter the Hermit, 34;
inducements offered to those who joined in them, 35;
crimes and miseries attendant on them, 36;
results of the first crusade, 37;
second crusade, 38;
its failure, ib. and notes;
origin of the third crusade, 40;
its famous commanders and inconclusive results, ib.;
crusades of St. Louis and their miserable ending, 41 and note;
cause of the cessation of crusades, iii. [305];
their demoralizing influence, [307].
Cyprian's views relative to church government, ii. 159 note h;
further observations thereon, 267, 268.
Dagobert I., insignificance of the successors of, i. 6;
nature of the authority exercised by him, 117;
progress of the arts in his reign, 119.
Dagobert II., name of, how restored to history, i. 112.
Damascus, degeneracy of the khalifs of, ii. 120, 121.
Danes, England first infested by the, i. 21.
Dante Alighieri expelled from Florence, i. 402;
his birth, iii. [445];
style of his Vita Nuova, ib. [note];
characteristics of his great poem, [446-448];
enthusiasm which attended its publication, [448].
Dauphiné annexed to the French crown, i. 100;
its origin, 101, note k.