Scope Of Chapter 49
Introduction of Images into the Christian Church, Their Worship. The Image of Edessa, Its Copies. Opposition to Image-Worship
AD Event 726-840 Leo the Iconoclast, and his Successors 754 Their Synod of Constantinople; Their Creed 720-775 Their Persecution of the Images and Monks State of Italy 727 Epistles of Gregory II. to the Emperor 728 Revolt of Italy; Republic of Rome 730-752 Rome attacked by the Lombards 754 Her Deliverance by Pepin 774 Conquest of Lombardy by Charlemagne 751, 753, 768 Pepin and Charlemagne Kings of France Patricians of Rome Donations of Pepin and Charlemagne to the Popes Forgery of the Donation of Constantine 780 Restoration of Images in the East by the Empress Irene	AD Event 787 VIIth General Council, IInd of Nice 842 Final Establishment of Images by the Empress Theodora 794 Reluctance of the Franks and of Charlemagne 774-800 Final Separation of the Popes from the Eastern Empire 800 Coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor of Rome and of the West 768 - 814 Reign and Character of Charlemagne; Extent of his Empire, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Hungary; His Neighbours and Enemies; His Successors 814-887 In Italy 911 In Germany 987 In France 814-840 Lewis the Pious 840-856 Lothaire I. 856-875 Lewis II.	AD Event 888 Division of the Empire 952 Otho, King of Germany, restores and appropriates the Western Empire; Transactions of the Western and Eastern Empires 800-1060 Authority of the Emperors in the Election of the Popes Disorders 1073 Reformation and Claims of the Church Authority of the Emperors in Rome 932 Revolt of Alberic 967 Of Pope John XII. 998 Of the Consul Crescentius 774-1250 The Kingdom of Italy. 1152-1190 Frederic I. 1198-1250 Frederic II. 814-1250 Independence of the Princes of Germany 1250 The Germanic Constitution 1347-1378 Weakness and Poverty of the German Emperor Charles IV. 1356 His Ostentation; Contrast of the Power and Modesty of Augustus

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