Public weal, origin of the war of the, i. 85;
object of its chiefs, 87, 88 and note n;
their fate, 89.

Punishments amongst the Franks for murder, i. 150, 151 and notes, 198 and note q, 281;
amongst the Burgundians, 151 and note s.

Purveyance, oppressive operation of the prerogative of, iii. [148], and [149] [note].

Races, turbulence of the Carlovingian period ascribed to the antipathy between, i. 128-134.

Rachimburgii, the, i. 214;
difference between them and the Scabini, 216 note z.

Ravenna, conquest and reconquest of. i. 8, 9.

Raymond VI. (count of Toulouse) excommunicated by Innocent III., i. 28;
reverses of his son Raymond, 29.

Regencies, rule in France relative to, i. 68 and note a;
instances of regencies in England, and principles deducible therefrom, iii. [184-190].

Religious sects, moral improvement accelerated by the growth of, iii. [378];
tenets of the Manicheans and Paulicians, [378], [379] and [notes];
the Albigenses, and controversies respecting them, [380], [381] and [note];
origin of the Waldenses, [382], [383] and [notes];
morality of their life, [384] [note] b;
Manicheism of the Albigenses, [385];
persecutions at Oxford, ib. and [note];
secret readings of the scriptures, [386];
persecutions for witchcraft, ib. [note];
permissions and prohibitions concerning the sacred writings, [387];
continued spread of heresies, [388];
strictnesses of Lollardism, [389];
schism of the Hussites, [389], [390] and [note] m.

Representation of the towns. See [Parliament], [States-General].