French character, early, 8. " " its activity, 40. ii. 29. " " its loyalty, "good subjects of a good king," 40. ii. 29. " " makes perfect servants, 39. ii. 28. " " its innate truth, 52. ii. 33. " frogs, 41. ii. 30. " liberty and activity, 30. ii. 29. " " equality, and fraternity, under Clovis, 47. ii. 42. " politeness, 32. ii. 15. " religion, old and new, 117. iv. 41. " Revolution, "They may eat grass," 20. " " a revolt against lies, 33. ii. 16. " " and irreligion, 95-104. iv. 7, 23. Froissart, quoted, 43. ii. 33. Fulda, towns on the, 36. ii. 24. Future life, recognition of the dead in a, 139. iv. 60. Gabriel, the Angel, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 132. iv. 50. Gascons, the, not really French, 10. Gauls, the, in France, 6. " become French, 64. iii. 16. " meaning of the word, 29 sq. ii. 8. " and Rome, 29. ii. 9. Gentillesse, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 118. iv. 41. Geoffrey, Bishop (see "S. Geoffrey"). Geometry, from Egypt, 71. iii. 27. Germany, Alemannia, 34. ii. 19. " and the Franks, 9; 32 n. 33. ii. 15, 17. " and Rome, 29. ii. 9. " domestic manners of, 38. ii. 23. " dukedoms of, small, 34. ii. 19. " geography of, 35. ii. 20. " geology of, 37. ii. 25. " maps of, 34. ii. 19. " mountains of, 36. ii. 23. " railroads of, 34. ii. 19. " S. Martin, and the Emperor of, 19 " tribes, Germanic, 33. ii. 18. Gibbon's "Roman Empire." (_a_) its general character; (_b_) references to it (_a_) its general character:-- contempt for Christianity, 49. ii. 44. its errors, 72 n. iii. 29 n. inaccurate generalization, 66 n. iii. 23-4. its epithets always gratis, 44. ii. 34. no fixed opinion on anything, 41 n. ii. 31 n. not always consistent, 45. ii. 38. satisfied moral serenity of, 37. ii. 27. sneers of, 50. ii. 48. style, rhetorical, 44, 45, 50; 67. ii. 35, 37; 47. iii. 21. (_b_) references to, in present book:-- on Angouleme, its walls falling (xxxviii. 53),[73] 50 n. ii. 47. on asceticism (xxxvii. 72), 72 n. iii. 29. Christianity (xv. 23, 33), 77. iii. 39. Clovis (xxxviii. 17), 49, 51. ii. 45-6, 49. Egypt and monasticism (xxxvii. 6), 71. iii. 27. Europe, divisions of (xxv.), 68. iii. 23. " nations of (lvi.), 65 n. iii. 19. Franks, the:-- " their armour (xxxv. 18), 43. ii. 34-5. " " aspect (xxxv. 18), 45-46. ii. 36-8. " " character (xix. 79, 80), 45-46. ii. 36-8. " " freemen (x. 73), 41 n. ii. 31. " " rise (x. 69), 33. ii. 17. " crossing the Rhine (xix. 64), 41 n. ii. 31. after Tolbiac (xxxviii. 24), 50. ii. 52. Gnostics (xv. 23, 33), 78 n. iii. 39.