Florence, curtailment of the power of, by Frederic Barbarossa, i. 420;
exclusion of the Ghibelins from offices of trust, ib.;
Dante's simile relative to its unsettled state, ib.;
corporations of the citizens, 421;
its magistracy, ib.;
curious mode of election, 422;
the consiglio di popolo, 423;
defiance of law by the nobility, 424;
Giano della Bella reduces them to obedience, 424, 425;
rise of the plebeian aristocracy, 426;
Walter de Brienne invested with extraordinary powers, 427;
his tyranny and excesses, 428;
his overthrow, 429;
singular ordinances relative to the nobles, 430;
machinations of the Guelfs and persecutions of the Ghibelins, 431-433 and note c;
prostration of the Guelfs, 434;
insurrection of the Ciompi and elevation of Lando, 435;
his judicious administration, 436;
restoration of the Guelfs, 437;
comparative security of the Florentines, 438;
their territorial acquisitions, revenue, population, &c., 439, 440 and notes;
Pisa bought by them, 443;
further disquietudes in their government, 496;
rise of the Medici [see [Medici]];
first Florentine voyage to Alexandria, 499 and note;
Florentine bankers and their 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].