Note 082
The ambassadors of St. Stephen had used the
reverential expressions of regnum oblatum, debitam
obedientiam, &c., which were most rigorously interpreted by
Gregory VII.; and the Hungarian Catholics are distressed
between the sanctity of the pope and the independence of the
crown, (Katona, Hist. Critica, tom. i. p. 20 - 25, tom. ii.
p. 304, 346, 360, &c.)
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 55