Petrarch on the state of France in 1360, i. 59, note;
his extravagant views relative to Rome, 418, note;
his personal characteristics, iii. [449] and [note] e;
his great popularity, [450];
his goldsmith host, ib. [note] f;
his passion for Laura, [451];
character of his poetry, [452] and [note];
his efforts for the preservation of manuscripts, [461];
was Laura married or single? [482-484].
Philip Augustus, accession of, i. 26;
he cites John king of England before him, ib.;
deprives the English crown of its French possessions, 27;
joins in the third crusade, 40;
his request to an abbot relative to coinage, 206;
pope Gregory's menaces towards him, ii. 192;
his fear of Innocent III., 197;
takes back his repudiated wife, 199.
Philip III. (the Bold), accession of, i. 42;
his conduct towards the archbishop of Lyons, 45;
he taxes the clergy, ii. 219 note h.
Philip IV. (the Fair), accession of, i. 43;
policy adopted by him, ib.;
his resentment against the English king, ib. note;
his fraudulent conduct towards him, 44;
successful resistance of the Flemings against his attacks, 44 and note a;
his further acquisitions, 44;
and siege of Lyons, 45;
claims a right to debase the coin, 206 note q;
his character according to Guizot, 224 note;
he convokes the States-General, 225 and note;
his motives in embodying the deputies of towns, 226;
he taxes the clergy, ii. 228;
he arrests the pope's legate, 230;
he burns the pope's bulls, ib.;
retaliation of the pope, 231;
his stratagem against the pope, 232;
its consequences, ib.
Philip V. (the Long), assumption of the regency of France by, i. 45;
violates his treaty with his brother's widow, 46;
Salic law confirmed in his reign, 48 decrees the abolition of serfdom, 202;
result of his attempt at an excise on salt, 228.
Philip VI. (of Valois) regency and coronation of, i. 48;
sketch of his character, 53;
his debasements of the coin, 228.
Philip of Suabia elected emperor of Germany, ii. 75;
his assassination, ib.
Phocas, supposed concession to the popes by, ii. 162 note s.
Pickering (Sir James), tenor of a speech made by, iii. [59].
Piedmont, comparative obscurity of the history of, i. 390 note.