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1166 Frederic I. - - - 286
Wars of the Romans against the neighbouring
cities .... 290
1167 Battle of Tusculum ... 293
1234 -of Viterbo - - - ib.
The election of the popes ... 294
1179 Right of the cardinals established by Alexander
1274 Institution of the conclave by Gregory X . - 296
Absence of the popes from Rome - - 299
1294 1303 Boniface VIII. - - - 300
1309 Translation of the holy see to Avignon - 302
1300 Institution of the jubilee, or holy year - 304
1360 The second jubilee ... 307
The nobles or barons of Rome - - 308
Family of Leo the Jew - - - 309
The Colonna - - - - 311
And Ursini .... 315
Their hereditary feuds - - - 316
CHAP. LXX.
Character and coronation of Petrarch.—Restoration of the free-dom. and government of Rome by the tribune Rienzi. — His virtuesand vices, his expulsion and death.—Return of the popes fromAvignon.—Great schism of the West. — Re-union of the Latin church,—Last struggles of Roman liberty.—Statutes of Rome .—Final settlement of the ecclesiastical state.
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1341 His poetic coronation at Rome - - 322
Birth, character, and patriotic designs of Rienzi - 324
1347 He assumes the government of Rome - 328
With the title and office of tribune - - 330
Laws of the good estate - - - ib.
Freedom and prosperity of the Roman republic - 333
The tribune is respected in Italy , &c. - - 335
And celebrated by Petrarch - * 337
His vices and follies - - . ib.
The pomp of his knighthood - - 340
And coronation - 342
Fear and hatred of the nobles of Rome - ib.
They oppose Rienzi in arms - - 345
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