Genoa, early history of, i. 444;
her wars with Pisa and Venice, ib.;
victory of her fleet over Pisani, 445;
insolence of her admiral towards the Venetian ambassadors, 446;
her subsequent reverses, 447;
surrender of her forces to Venice, 448;
decline of her power, 449;
her government and its various changes, ib.;
dissensions of the Guelfs and Ghibelins, 450;
her first doge, 451;
frequent revolutions of her citizens, ib.;
the Adorni and Fregosi factions, 496;
commercial dealings of the Genoese, iii. [329];
their position in Constantinople, [330];
their manufactures, [331];
their money transactions, [337], [340];
state security taken by their bankers, [341].
Germany conquered by Charlemagne, i. 9, 10;
held by Louis his grandson, 16;
passes away from his family, 17;
its Hungarian assailants, 19;
its first apostles, 121;
political state of ancient Germany, 145;
mode in which kings were chosen, ib.;
lands in conquered provinces, how-divided, 146;
customs respecting alodial and salic lands, 147-149 and notes;
superior position of its rulers as compared with those of France, 204;
causes of the reversal of this state of things, ib.;
degree of reliance due to Tacitus's accounts of German institutions, 273-275;
character of its governments, 302;
limited power of its kings, 302-304;
its position at the death of Charles the Fat, ii. 66;
election of its emperors, in whom vested, 77-80;
partitions of territory amongst its princes, 83, 84;
importance of its free cities, 90;
privileges conferred on them, ib.;
their warfare with the nobles, 91;
the sanctuary of the palisades, 92;
league of the cities, ib.;
polity of the principalities, 93;
extent of the imperial domains, ib.;
their gradual alienation by the emperors, ib.;
the diet of Worms and its results, 94-98;
limits of the German empire at various periods, 100;
absence of towns, iii. [312];
pre-eminence of its robber chiefs, [314].
See [Diet], [Justice].
Ghent, populousness and impregnability of, i. 92, 93;
policy of its people relative to taxation, 93 note;
its trading eminence, iii. [319];
its houses and population, [320] [note] f.
Ghibelins, origin of the word, ii. 73.
See [Guelfs].
Giovanni di Vicenza, singular success of the exhortations of, i. 403;
result of his attempts at sovereignty, 404.
Gloucester, duke of (temp. Richard II.), speaks for the parliament, iii. [67], [68] [note] c;
made lord appellant, [72];
reinstated in the council, [73];
his animosity towards the duke of Lancaster, [74], [75];
his seizure by the king, [76];
his murder and posthumous attainder, ib.
Godfrey of Boulogne, eastern domains assigned to, i. 38;
his reasons for refusing the title of king, ib. note g;
his feats of strength, ib. note h.
Granada, fertility and importance of, ii. 60;
its unavailing resistance to Ferdinand, ib.
Gratian, character of the Decretum compiled by, ii. 203.
Greek church, marriage of priests permitted by the, ii. 176.