Saxons, obstinate resistance to Charlemagne by the, i. 10;
enormous number beheaded by him, 13;
true cause of their wars with the Franks, 120;
their early kings, 303.
See [Anglo-Saxons].

Scabini, representative character of the, i. 216;
difference between them and the Rachimburgii, ib. note z;
their functions, 238 and note g.

Scanderbeg, protracted opposition to the Turks by, ii. 138.

Scandinavia and her Sea Kings, ii. 271.

Sclavonians, territories occupied by the, i. 19.

Scotus (Duns), notices of, iii. [427], [428] [note] i, [429].

Scotus (John), an exception to the ignorance of his times, iii. [290] and [note] r;
character of the philosophy introduced by him, [430] [note] p.

Scrope (lord steward), answers to the commons by, iii. [60];
cause of his dismissal from office, [66].

Serfdom and villenage, distinctive features of, i. 197-200.
See [Villeins].

Servitude enforced upon the cultivators of the soil in the middle ages, i. 328, 329;
contrary hypothesis of M. Guérard, 329-331.