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Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance

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Abbatial Ring and Cross of St. Waudru, 312

Abbey of Saint-Germain des Prés, View of the, in 1361, 13

Abbey of Saint-Germain des Prés, North View of the, Seventeenth Century, 320

Abbey of St. Riquier, The, near Abbeville, 311

Abbey-Church of the Magdalen, at Vézelai, 120

Absolution Crosses of the Eleventh Century, 453

Act of Faith and Homage, Thirteenth Century, 8

Adoration of the Lamb, The, Frontispiece

„ „ Magi, The, 241

Altar of the Cathedral of Arras, Thirteenth Century, 243

Altar-piece at Mareuil-en-Brie, 218, 219

Amaury’s Disciples burnt by order of Philip Augustus, 404

Angels praying over a Skull, Fourteenth Century, 298

Anne of Brittany, Funeral Service of, 495

Antilles, Discovery of the, by Columbus, 92

Antioch, Plan of, in the Thirteenth Century, 130

Antwerp, View of the Port of, 87

Arming a Knight, 143

Armogenes, the Magician, 383

Arquebusier of the Sixteenth Century, 61

Artois, The Count of, presenting himself at the Castle of the Count of Boulogne, 149

Artus, King, fighting a Giant, 137

Assault on a Fortified Place, 135

“Au juste poids véritable balance”, 391

Auto-da-fé Procession, in Spain, 436

Babylon the Great, 396

Ballista, 73

Banner of St. Denis, Representations of the, 60

Banner of the City of Strasburg, Thirteenth Century, 386

Banner of a Flemish Lazaretto, 353

Baptism of the Saxons conquered by Charlemagne, 213

Barbarian (Mounted) in the Roman Service, 4

Basilius the Great, Dream of, 400

Battering-ram, 71

Battle of Auray, The, 54

„ Dreux, The, 62

„ Lepanto, Plan of the, 96

„ Tolbiac, The, 2

Beacon in the Cemetery of Antigny, Fifteenth Century, 486

Beacon in the Cemetery of Ciron, Twelfth Century, 486

Beacon in the Cemetery of Fèniou, Eleventh Century, 486

Beatrix Cornel, Tomb of, 182

Beguin, 329

„ Convent at Ghent, the Great, 328

Beheaded Knight holding his Head in his Hands, 467

Bucentaure, The, 77

Bull with which Boniface VIII. sealed his Letters, 273

Burial among the Franks, Mode of, 451

Caltrop, or Crow’s-foot, 66

Calvin, John, 419

Caricature of the Third Century, 206

Castle of Angoulême, Thirteenth Century, 6

„ Loches, Doorways of the Old, 37

„ Pierrefonds, View overlooking the, 11

Catapult, 72

Celebration of Mass, The, in an Oratory, Ninth Century, 277

Celtic Burial, 451

Champion of the Tournament, The, 166

Chandelier of the Virgin, 217

Chanter or Psalmist, The, Minor Order, 274

Chapel of Pilgrimage, Thanksgiving in a, 384

Chaplet of Beads in Carved Ivory, and Girdle, Sixteenth Century, 330

Charlemagne, Statue of, Eleventh Century, 5

Charles the Bold, Great Seal of, Fifteenth Century, 55

Charles VI. fulfilling his Vow to Our Lady of Hope, 388

Charter of William the White-handed, Commencement of the, 295

Chasuble, Mitre, and Stole of St. Thomas à Becket, Cloth and Embroidery of the Twelfth Century, 225

Château de la Panouze (Aveyron), Feudal Castle of the Twelfth Century, 10

Chivalry, Allegorical Figures representing, 140

Choir Candelabrum, Foot of a large, Thirteenth Century, 216

Christ descending into Hell, 498

„ risen from the Dead, 504

„ victorious after Death, Eighth or Ninth Century, 449

Christian Professor on his Death-bed, The, 497

„ Religion, The, assisting at the Death of Christ, 247

Church of St. Antony, Padua, 216

„ the Holy Sepulchre, Façade of the, 106

Clergy going in Procession before the Emperor, Fourth Century, 318

Cloister of the Chartreuse, at Pavia, 322

Clovis, Baptism of, 2

Coffer containing the Hair-cloths of St. Louis, Thirteenth Century, 371

Concordat of Cambrio, Title of the (1466), 296

Conferring Knighthood on the Field of Battle, 141

Consecration of St. Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, 283

Constantinople, Second taking of, in 1204, 123

Coque, The, 79

Coronation of an Emperor by the Pope, Sixteenth Century, 256

Cosmas and Damianus relieving a Sick Man, 343

Council held to commemorate the Second Council of Nice, Tenth Century, 249

Council of Vienne, 190

Cross of the Bureau Family, 476

Crown of Thorns, The, brought into France, 375

„ „ „ worn by Jesus Christ, 393

Cruelties committed by the Gueux, 440

Cruet, silver-gilt, First or Second Century, 208

Crusaders at Damietta, Disembarkation of the, 126

Crypt of the Chapel of St. Agnes, in the Catacombs at Rome, 474

Daggers with Moorish Blades and Flemish Handles, 45

Dalmatic said to have belonged to Leo III., 255

Dance of Death, The, 478–483

Death of St. Benedict, 496

„ Mahomet II., 178

Dedication of the Church of the Monastery of St. Martin des Champs, Paris, 321

Degradation of a Knight, 154

Designs of Armour, 170

Distribution of Banners and Helmets, 164

Diver, The, 91

Don Juan of Austria, 133

Doorkeeper, The, Minor Order, 275

Doria, Andrew, 88

Dove suspended above the Altar, Thirteenth Century, 244

Dresses worn by Prisoners of the Inquisition, 437

Duel concerning the Honour of Ladies, 157

Earthen Vases found at Florence in 1863, 187

Ecclesiastical Tonsure, The, 279

Edward the Confessor, Funeral of, 490

Entry of Louis VIII. and the Pope’s Legate into Avignon, 406

Eudes, Bishop, from the Bayeux Tapestry, 47

Excesses committed by the Huguenots, Allegorical Picture of the, 415

Exorcism of a Catechumen, Fourth or Fifth Century, 212

Exorcism of a Person possessed with a Demon, 414

Exorcist, The, Minor Order, 275

Farel, William, 420

Ferrand of Portugal, Count of Flanders, being taken to Paris, 22

Fight between Raymbault de Morueil and Gruyon de Losenne, 156

Flemish Warrior, from the Ruins of St. Bavon, Ghent, 26

Fortified Bridge of Lemantano, near Rome, Twelfth Century, 33

Fortified Bridge from Valentré to Cahors, 18

Fortified City of Carcassonne, Plan of the, Thirteenth Century, 18

Fortress of the Knights Hospitallers, in Syria, 174

French Caravel, Sixteenth Century, 84

„ Priory at Rhodes, Fifteenth Century, 181

Fresco in the Cemetery of St. Pretextat, 475

Funeral Service, Fourteenth Century, 453

Funereal Lamps found in the Catacombs, Third Century, 276, 424

Galley of the Sixteenth Century, 78

„ Slave, 90

„ Soldier, 90

Gallic or Gallo-Roman Pottery, 455

Gallo-Roman Lords of the Fourth Century, 3

Gate of the Town of Aigues-Mortes, 17

Gautier-sans-Avoir, Reception of, by the King of Hungary, 115

German Foot-soldiers fighting, Sixteenth Century, 57

German and Gallic Auxiliaries, Second Century, 40

German Knight, Fifteenth Century, 147

Godefroy de Bouillon, crowned with the Instruments of our Lord’s Passion, 117

Godefroy de Bouillon, Tomb of, 118

Golden Fleece, Chapter of the Order of the, 197

Great Hospital at Milan, 357

Greek Panagia, 370

Gregory IX. handing the Decretals to an Advocate of the Consistory (1227–1241), 266

Handbell, Romanesque perforated, Twelfth Century, 227

Harold, King, Finding the Body of, 48

Harvest of Souls, The, Twelfth Century, 450

Henry of Anjou, Coronation of, as King of Poland, 291

Henry I., Emperor of Germany, and one of his Generals, 368

Henry II. wounded by Montgomery in a Tournament, 169

Herald holding the Banners of the Referees, 164

Heresy of the Flagellants, 407

Hincmar, Bas-relief on the Tomb of, 289

Holy Bit of Carpentras, 376

Hospitality, Fifteenth Century, 340

Huguenots against the Catholics, Violence of the, 421

Huss, John, 412

Italian Warriors of the Fifteenth Century, 58

Judgement, The Day of, 502

Jerome of Prague, 412

Jewish Religion, The, assisting at the Death of Christ, 246

King-at-arms proclaiming a Tournament, 163

Knife for cutting Consecrated Bread, 242

Knight, in Complete Armour, Sixteenth Century, 61

Knight setting out for the War, 150

Knight of Death, The, 476

„ Malta, 185

„ the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, 173

„ Rhodes, 173

Knights of the Order of the Holy Ghost from Pure Intent, 358

Knights awaiting from the Marshal the Signal to commence the Fight, 159

Knights of Rhodes, Barracks of the, 180

Knox, John, 416

Last Supper, The, Eleventh Century, 209

Legend of Christmas, Fifteenth Century, 221

„ St. Martin, The, Tapestry of the Thirteenth Century, 281

Legend of the Passage of the Viaticum across a Bridge at Utrecht, 235

Luther, Martin, 418

Machine to break the Ranks of the Enemy 70

„ shoot Arrows, 70

Man-at-arms, The, 51, 91

Man-of-War, Henry VIII.’s time, 80

„ of the Sixteenth Century, 101

Margaret of York, wife of Charles the Bold, 359

Maria de Molina, Queen of Castille, handing to the Cistercian Nuns the Charter of Foundation for their Convent, 332

Mary Magdalene, Removal of the Body of, to the Church of St. Vézelay (Yonne), Fifteenth Century, 387

Massacre of St. Bartholomew, The, 416

Maximilian of Austria, with his Wife and Son, 36

Members of the Dominican Order, The most famous, 331

Messenger bringing a Letter to the King’s Army, 52

Messengers of the Sultan discussing with Christian Prisoners, 129

Military Costumes from the Sixth to the Tenth Centuries, 42

Miraculous Mass of St. Gregory the Great, Sixth Century, 210

Monograms of Christ, 205

Mons, Mauberge, and Nivelles, Foundation of the Abbeys of, 316

Montefrio, Surrender of the Town of, 193

Moorish Arms (Armeria Real, Madrid), 44

Mortars or Movable Carriages, 65

Mortuary Cloth from the Church of Folleville (Somme), 491

Mortuary Roll of Vital, Founder of the Abbey of Savigny, 499

Mosque of Cordova, Interior of the, Eighth Century, 434

Mourning Costumes, 493

Mystic Fountain, The, Eighth Century, 223

Nail used in the Crucifixion of Our Lord, 376

Nangasaki, The Great Martyrdom of (1622), 336

Nicæa, Taking of, by the Crusaders, 116

Norman Vessel, Eleventh Century, 76

Offering a Child to an Abbot, Thirteenth Century, 313

Orphan of the Venice Hospitals, Sixteenth Century, 356

Orthodoxy surrounded by the Snares of Heresy, 398

Our Lady of Boulogne, 390

„ Grace, Miraculous Image of, at Cambria, 389

Our Lady of Grace sheltering the Grand Masters of the Order of Montessa, 192

Our Lady of Mountserrat, Sixteenth Century, 381

„ Vladimir, Miraculous Image of, 370

Painting symbolical of the Catacombs of Rome, First or Second Century, 207

Pentecost, 240

Peter the Hermit delivering a Message to Pope Urban II., 112

Philip Augustus, Consecration of, 290

Philip the Bold in Royal Costume, 24

Philip II., King of Spain, 439

„ „ „ Mausoleum of, 470

Pilgrims of Emmaus, The, 374

Plaintiff and Defendant taking Oath before the Judge, Fifteenth Century, 158

Pontifical Galley, 98

Poop of an Ancient Galley, 75

Portrait of Countess Matilda, 260

Prester-John and his Page, 109

Priory of the Benedictines, Canterbury, Twelfth Century, 314

Prize of the Tournament, The, 168

Procession of the Host, 238

„ Knights of the Order of the Holy Ghost, 200

Prows of Galleys armed with the Spur, 95

Punishments decreed by Henry VIII. against the Catholics, 443

Quintain, The Game of, 145

Raised Stone, near Poitiers, 459

Reapers of Death, The, 62

Reception of a Knight of the Order of St. Michael, 199

Refectory in the Priory of St. Martin des Champs, Thirteenth Century, 326

Relics of St. Philip, Touching the, 378

Reliquary in chased Copper, Thirteenth Century, 372

Reliquary of the Holy Thorn, Thirteenth Century, 325

Remier, Count, bearing the Body of St. Veronica to the Church of St. Waudru, in Mons, 366

Rhodes, Plan of, Fifteenth Century, 176

Richard Cœur-de-Lion mortally wounded while besieging the Castle of Chalus, 50

Robert I., Duke of Normandy, on his Pilgrimage to Jerusalem, 373

Robing a Bishop, The Ceremony of, Fourteenth Century, 285

Rodolph of Hapsburg, Emperor of Germany, Equestrian Statue of, 35

Rolling Tower for scaling the walls of towns, 66

Sabbat, The, 410

Sacrament of the Eucharist, The, 234

Sacramental Cup, Twelfth Century, 233

Sancha de Roxas, 195

Seal of the Abbey of St. Denis, 317

„ „ Commune of Soissons, 15

„ Conon de Béthune, Twelfth Century, 7

„ Edward, Count of Rutland, 99

„ Gérard de Saint-Amand, Twelfth Century, 9

Seal of an Imaginary Bull of Lucifer, Fifteenth Century, 422

Seal of John, Bishop of Puy and Count of Velay (1305), 28

Seal of John sans Peur, Duke of Burgundy 31

„ the Knights of Christ, Thirteenth Century, 189

Seal of La Rochelle, 103

„ the Lord of Corbeil (1196), 20

„ the Monastery of St. Louis of Poissy, 338

„ the Town of Boston, 94

„ „ Dover, 85

„ „ Poole, 93

„ „ Sandwich, 89

„ „ Yarmouth, 86

Servetus, Michael, 445

Seven Christian Virtues, The, with their Symbols, 355

Shield presented to Don Juan of Austria by Pius V., 271

Ship of Baptism, The, Sixteenth Century, 232

Siege of Toulouse, Episode in the, 404

„ a Town: Summons to surrender, 67

Single Combat to be decided by the Judgment of God, 161

Sitting of the Council of Trent, 1555, 270

Sixtus II. handing to St. Laurentius the Treasures of the Church to be distributed among the Poor, 341

Soldier of the Time of Philippe le Bel, 51

Soldiers of the German Bands, 64

Solemn Entry of the Emperor Charles V. and Pope Clement VII. into Bologna, in 1529, 268, 269

Solemn Procession for the Relief of the Town of Dijon, 239

Solemn Reception of a Bishop, Fifteenth Century, 286

Sovereign Pontiff, Public and Solemn Functions of the, Seventeenth Century, 264

Spanish Caravel in which Columbus discovered America, 83

Spanish Ship, Fifteenth Century, 81

Spiritual and Temporal Powers, The, dependent upon Christ, 248

St. Anthony of Padua commanding a Mule to adore the Eucharist, 334

St. Anthony, a Statuette of the Third Century, 301

St. Barbara, 364

St. Benedict, History of, 305, 307

„ reproaching Totila, Fresco of the Thirteenth Century, 43

St. Bernard taking possession of the Abbey of Clairvaux, 327

St. Cecilia, and Valerian, her Spouse, 425

St. Cesarius, Obsequies of, 489

St. Denis carrying his head to the place of burial, 362

St. Dominic and the Albigenses, 429

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Fifteenth Century, 348

St. George and the Dragon, 202

St. Jean des Vignes, Abbey of Regular Canons at Soissons (1076), 323

St. Jerome in the Desert, 302

St. John of Capistran, 132

St. Louis and his Brothers made Prisoners by the Saracens, 128

St. Louis at Carthage, Disembarkation of, 131

„ serving a Repast to the Poor, 351

St. Michael the Archangel offering the Symbol of the Imperial Power to a Byzantine Emperor, 251

St. Peter, 248

St. Radegonde receiving the Religious Garb from the Bishop of Noyon, 309

St. Savin and St. Cyprian before Maximus, 426

„ „ Martyrdom of, 427

St. Theresa, 336

St. Thomas defending the Monastic Orders, Fourteenth Century, 332

St. Vincent de Paul, 360

St. Wulfram, Bishop of Sens, 287

State Gloves formerly in the possession of Louis XIII., 201

Stone Coffins, 457

Sufferers from St. Vitus’ Dance going on a Pilgrimage, 392

Superscription upon Our Lord’s Cross, 377

Surrender of the Garrison of a Town, 68

Sword of Isabella the Catholic, 139

Symbols of the Trinity, 204

Synagogue of Toledo, the Great, Third Century, 432

Templar in Travelling Dress, 185

Teutonic Knight, 196

Thomas of Savoy granting a Charter to the Town of Cambrai, 16

Three-masted Galley, Sixteenth Century, 82

Three Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, and Penance, 231

Three Sacraments: Marriage, Orders, and Extreme Unction, 236

Tomb, Gallo-Roman, 452

„ of Adelaide or Alice, Countess of Hainault, 462

Tomb of Alexander de Berneval, Architect of the Church of St. Ouen, at Rouen, 472

Tomb of Du Guesclin, 464

„ St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 461

„ Louis, Duke of Orleans, and Valentine of Milan, his Wife, 468

Tomb of Philip Pot, Grand Seneschal of Burgundy, 466

Tomb of St. Remigius, 469

„ Sibylle, Wife of Guy de Lusignan, 471

Torments of Hell, The, 485

Tortures inflicted by the Catholics upon the Huguenots in the South of France, 442

Tour du Télégraphe, Narbonne, Fourteenth Century, 6

Tower of Beaucaire, Thirteenth Century, 6

„ the Castle of Fougères, Twelfth Century, 6

Tower of the Castle of Loches, Twelfth Century, 6

Tower of Notre-Dame des Bois, Eleventh Century, 487

Tower of the Wall of Provins, Twelfth Century, 6

Treaty of Arras, Conclusion of the, in 1191, 293

Tree of Battles, The, 29

Triumph of Christ, The, Seventeenth Century, 272

„ the Lamb, The, Twelfth Century, 229

Triumphal Vessel drawn in a Car at the Funeral Ceremony of the Emperor Charles V., 492

Turreted Vessel that protected the Port of Venice, 77

Tympan in the Portico of the Church of Sémur, Eleventh Century, 346

Urban II. presiding over the Council of Clermont, in 1095, 262

Virgin of St. Luke, The so-called, 369

War Trophy of Barbarian Prisoners, Second Century, 39

Watch-tower, Fifteenth Century, 69

Wickliff, John, 409

Works of Charity, Fifteenth Century, 346

Zizim transferred to Charles VIII., 178

Zwingle, Ulrich, 416

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MILITARY AND RELIGIOUS LIFE

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