A nickname of Maximilian, Emperor of Germany (1493-1519). Last of the Stuarts. Henry Stuart, Cardinal York, the last male descendant of the Stuart Kings, was so called. He died in 1807. Last of the Tribunes. Colas de Rienzi, who was chosen tribune by the citizens of Rome in 1347, was so called. He was also known as the “Last of the Romans.” Lanterne, La. The Extremists or Robespierre Section of the Mountain, in the French Convention. Their denunciation by Danton and Camille Desmoulins led to the condemnation and execution of the Dantonists in April 1794. Lateran Council, First. A Council summoned by Calixtus II in 1123. It is notable as being the first Œcumenical Council whose decrees were issued in the name of the Pope, and not in that of the Council. Lateran Council, Second. An Œcumenical Council summoned by Innocent II in 1139, at which the marriage of the priesthood was forbidden. Lateran Council, Fourth. A Council summoned to meet in Rome by Innocent III, in 1215, to consider the most effectual means of suppressing heresy. It declared that any prince protecting heretics or permitting the dissemination of heretical doctrines in his dominions should be excommunicated. It further established the Inquisition, to deal with heretics individually. Lateran Council, Fifth. An Œcumenical Council summoned by Julius II, in 1512, at which the acts of the Council of Pisa were condemned. Latin Union. A confederation, for monetary purposes, of France, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium, formed in 1865. It provided for the establishment of a uniform and interchangeable coinage, on a bimetallic basis, for the countries concerned. Greece joined the union in 1868. Belgium left it in 1885. Latitudinarians. A party in the English Church in the seventeenth century, who stood midway between the extreme Episcopal and the Puritan parties. It was the prototype of the modern Broad Church. Latter Day Saints. The proper name of the sect generally known as Mormons. Lautero, Sociedad de. A secret society formed in Spain at the beginning of the nineteenth century, to aid the movement of the Spanish-American colonies in the direction of independence. Lawburrows, Writ of. A writ, in Scottish law, by which any person who made oath that he went in fear of violence from his neighbour, could have him bound over to keep the peace. This legal form was used in 1678 against the gentry of the West, who had refused to enter into a bond binding themselves and all their dependents to abstain from active sympathy with the Covenanters. Law of Flanders. A law of Charles the Good, Earl of Flanders, decreeing that any one who married a serf became a serf. Law’s Bubble. _See_ Mississippi Scheme. Lay Impropriator. A layman in receipt of tithes, an ecclesiastical form of revenue. The _lay impropriator_ originated in grants of lands made by abbeys and other Church communities to powerful laymen, in exchange for their protection. League.