The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon — In The East
AD Scope Of Chapter XLIX.
Introduction of Images into the Christian Church , Their Worship. The Image of Edessa, Its Copies. Opposition to Image-Worship
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 VIIth General Council, IId 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
814-887In Italy
911 In Germany
987 In France
814-840 Lewis the Pious
840-856Lothaire I.
856-875 Lewis II.
888 Division of the Empire
952Otho, 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- 1250Frederic 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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