Constance, the Council of, 220, 253, 301; the peace of, signed by Frederick I, 178. CONSTANTINE, his vigorous policy, 8; the Donation of, 43, 100, 288 note. Constantinople, capture of, 303, 311. Coronations, ceremonies at, 112; the four, gone through by the Emperors, 193, 403; their meaning, 195; churches in which they were performed, 284, 288. Corpus Juris Civilis, correspondence between, and the Canon Law, 101. Councils, General, right of Emperors to summon, 111. Counts Palatine, Otto's institution of, 125. CRESCENTIUS, 146. Crown, the Imperial, the right to confer, 57, 61, 81; not legally attached to Frankish crown or nation, 81; how treated by the Popes, 82. Crowns, the four, 193, 403. Crusades, the, 164, 166, 179, 193, 205, 209. D. DANTE, 208; his attitude towards the Empire, 255; his treatise _De Monarchia_, 262; sketch of its argument, 264 et seq.; its omissions, 268, 299. Dark Ages, existing relics of the, 294. Decretals, the False, 156. Denmark, and the Slaves, 143; imperial authority in, 184; its relations to the Empire, 398. Diet, the, 126, 314, 353; its rights as settled A. D. 1648, 340; its altered character A. D. 1654, 344; its triflings, 353. DIOCLETIAN, his vigorous policy, 8. Divine right of the Emperor, 246. DÖLLINGER (Dr.), 60 note. Dominicans, the order of, 205. Donation of Constantine, forgery of the, 43, 100, 118 note, 261 note. Dukes, the, in Germany, 125. E. East, imperial pretensions in the, 189. Eastern Church, the, 191. Eastern Empire, its relations with the Western, 24, 25; decay of its power in the West, 45; how regarded by the Popes, 46. Edict of Caracalla, 6. EDWARD II (King of England), his declaration of England's independence of the Empire, 187. EDWARD III (King of England) and Lewis the Bavarian, 187; his election against Charles IV, 223. EGINHARD, his statement respecting Charles's coronation, 58, 60. Elective constitution, the, 227; difficulty of maintaining the principle in practice, 233; its object the choice of the fittest man, 233; restraint of the sovereign, 233; recognition of the popular will, 234. Elector, the title of, its advantage, 232 note; personages upon whom it was conferred by Napoleon, 232. Electoral body in primitive times, 226. Electoral function, conception of the, 235. Electorate, the Eighth, 231; the Ninth, 231. Electors, the Seven, 165, 229; their names and offices, 230 note; the question of their vote, 257 note.