[Capercailzie], the wood-grouse, a large game-bird found in fir woods in mountainous districts, and highly esteemed for table.
[Capernaum], a town on the N. side of the Sea of Galilee, the centre of Christ's labours, the exact site of which is uncertain.
[Capet], the surname of Hugh, the founder, in 987, of the third dynasty of French kings, which continued to rule France till 1328, though the name is applied both to the Valois dynasty, which ruled till 1589, and the Bourbon, which ruled till 1848, Louis XVI. having been officially designated as a Capet at his trial, and under that name sentenced to the guillotine.
[Capgrave, John], Augustine friar, wrote "Chronicle of England," and voluminously both in French and English (1393-1464).
[Capistrano, Giovanni da], an Italian Franciscan, a rabid adversary of the Hussites, aided John Hunniades in 1456 in defending Belgrade against the Turks (1385-1456).
[Capitol], a temple and citadel erected by Tarquin on the Capitoline Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, and where victors who were voted a triumph were crowned; terminated at its southern extremity by Tarpeian Rock, from which criminals guilty of treason were precipitated; hence the saying, "The Tarpeian Rock is near the Capitol," to denote the close connection between glory and disgrace.
[Capitularies], collections of royal edicts issued by the Frankish kings of the Carlovingian dynasty, with sanction of the nobles, for the whole Frankish empire, as distinct from the laws for the separate peoples comprising it, the most famous being those issued or begun by Charlemagne and St. Louis.
[Capo d'Istria, Count of], born in Corfu; entered the Russian diplomatic service; played a prominent part in the insurrection of the Greeks against Turkey; made President of the Greek Republic; assassinated at Nauplia from distrust of his fidelity (1776-1831).
[Capo d'Istria], a port of a small island in the government of Trieste, connected with the mainland by a causeway half a mile in length.
[Cappadocia], an ancient country in the heart of Asia Minor, of varied political fortune; a plateau with pastures for immense flocks.