The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon —
In The East
Scope Of Chapter XLIX
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
787
VII
th
General Council, II
nd
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
AD
Event
814-887
In
Italy
911
In
Germany
987
In
France
814-840
Lewis
the Pious
840-856
Lothaire I
.
856-875
Lewis II
.
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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