Chapter 15

AAargau, subject land,186Adams, Sir F. O.,412Adolf of Nassau,131Æneas Sylvius,203,253Ætius defeated Huns,45;gave Savoy to Burgundy,51Agassiz,14Agen, battle of,20Agnes of Königsfelden,141Alamanni,39,46,47,49Albrecht of Habsburg,113,120,131,132Alcuin,64Allobroges,21Allmend, or common land,48,126Alpinus,37Alpnach, bay of,355Ambühl of Glarus,176Amman chosen in Uri,127Am Stoss, battle of,181Appenzell,181;admitted as an ally,182;admitted as a canton,237Aquæ (Baden),35Aquæ Sextiæ, battle of,21Arbedo, engagement at,188Arelatisches Reich founded,73Arnold of Brescia, reformer,100,152Arnold von Melchthal,120Arnulf of Kaernthen,76Arth, Battle of,354Asylum, Right of,416,418Augusta Rauracorum,35,39Augusta Vindelicorum,32"Äusserer Stand," Society,320Austria,143,146,166;defeated at Sempach,172;defeated at Naefels,177;claims the Forest,178Autun, battle of,55Avars, the,76Avenches,97,213;battle at,368Aventicum,14,34,39BBaden (Zurich),186Barbarossa,96Basel,14;treaty of,236;divided,387Bayard,240Beccaria,294Bellinzona,188Bern, founded,97;defeated at Schosshalde,158;forms Burgundian Confederation,159;rules over Hasle,163;League with Austria,166;power over house of Kyburg,166;seizes Habsburg,186;fortifies Morat,212;natural bent for rule,245;governing families of,320;plundered by French,351,353;population, &c.,420Berchtold V. founds Bern,97;defeated by Savoy,98Bertha, the "Spinning Queen," 74,86Bertold I., Duke of Zaeringen,93Bertold II.,94Bertold IV.,96Beza,287,290Bibracte, battle of,23Bituitus,19Bockenkrieg,372Bodmer,334,338Bonivard,273Borromean League,294Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan,293Bourbaki, General,417Breisach, rising at,205Breitinger,334,336Brun, Burgomaster of Zurich,140,146,155,157Bubenberg, Hans von,164;Adrian von,206,212Bullinger, Reformer,268,296Bund ob dem See,181Burgdorf,97,166Burgundia Transjurans,73Burgundy takes West Helvetia,40;defeated by Huns,50;defeated by Franks,55;two kingdoms of,73;its wars,200Burkhard of Alamannia,74Burkhard of Chur-Rhætia,78,80,81CCæcina ravages Helvetia,36Campo Formio, treaty of,347Calvin,279;his writings,280;settles at Geneva,281;banished,282;founds the Consistory,283;burns Servetus,286;his policy,287;death,289Carlomann,58Carmagnola, General,188Carolinum founded,67Catalaunian Plain, great battle on,45Catholic League,387Catholic Reaction,291,294Central Government,396Centralists, the,366Chablais,380,402Charlemagne,59;Emperor of the West,60;legends concerning,62;zeal for education,64Charles the Bald,72Charles the Bold,200,205;defeated at Grandson,211;at Morat,213;death,215Charles IV. of Germany,141,143Chiavenna,241,346,380Chillon,109,274Christianity, introduction of,40Christian League,264Codex Manesse,153Columban,57Commerce,409Confederation formed,119Conrad I.,77;II.,88;III.,99Conradin,114Constance, siege of,304Clairvaux, monk, preaches Crusades,99Clovis, king of the Franks,54Crusades,98DD'Affry,372,376Davel, Major,319"Délices, Les,"326;theatre destroyed,328Diesbach, Nicolas von,206Divico,20,23Domo d'Ossola,188Dornbühl, victory at,158Drachenried, engagement at,355Drusus,25,32Dufour, General,393,401,415EEast Frankish realm,72Eberhard the "Quarrelsome," 143;of Kyburg,161Education,388,412Eidgenossenschaft, the,118Eight States League,139,166Einsiedeln,82,134Eishere the Giant,62Elizabeth of Habsburg,133"Empty Pocket," Frederick the,181Ensisheim, peace of,197Erlach, Ludwig von,350Erlach, Rudolf von,164Ernest II. of Swabia,82Escalade of Geneva,302Eschenbach,133Escher,358,375Ewiger Bund,129Exports,410FFarel, reformer,275Faucigny,380,402"Faustrecht," the,107Federal Assembly,396Federal Council,396Federal Tribunal,396Felix Martyr,42Fellenberg, educationist,374Ferney,326Feudalism,103Fichte,338Fontana,234"Foul Peace," the,175Franche Comté,215Franco-German War,417Franks, the,54Fraubrunnen, skirmish at,350Frederick von Staufen,93Frederick I. (Barbarossa),105Frederick II.,127,150Frederick III.,190Frederick the "Empty Pocket," 181,185Freiburg,161,221French Revolution,343Fridolin St., banner of, at Naefels,177"Friedel" (Empty Pocket),185GGalba,25,35Gallia Comata,31Gall, St.,57,62,182,241,346Geneva,245;"Children" of,273,285;besieged by Savoy,276;occupied by Bernese army,277;Calvin's rule in,284;escalade of,302;Fatio's reforms,322;admitted into league,380;Geneva Convention,415Geschworne Brief,155Gessler,121,123Giornico, victory at,189Glarean, scholar,254Glarus,141;1st Landsgemeinde,175;defeats Austria,177;defeated at Rapperswyl,353Goethe,341Golden League,294Gothard, St., pass,187;tunnel,412Götterdämmerung,50Gotteshausbund,184Grandson, battle of,208,211Graubünden,184,234;religious feuds,305;massacre in,307;Austrian occupation,308;independence recovered,311Grauholz, conflict at,351Gregory VII., Pope,91Greifensee,194,317Greyerz,162,164Grey, Lady Jane,298Grey League,184Guillermins, the,282Gümminen,161Gundobad of Burgundy,52HHabsburg Castle,113Habsburg-Austria, family of,113Habsburg-Laufenburg,113Habsburg, house of,113,114;kings of Germany,115Hadrian, Pope,60,63Hadwig,81Hærige, the,48Hagenback, Peter von,204,205Haller,334,336Hallwyl, Hans von,212Harpe, La,347,359,367,372,384Hartmann,108,161Harsthörner,209Hatto, Bishop,66Heer, Professor,8Heierli,11Helvetia,13,31,32Helvetians,14;government,17;feuds with Germans,18;victory over Romans,20;defeated at Bibracte,24;made associates by Rome,25;split into two sections,36Helvetic Club,347Helvetic Republic,352Helvetic Society, the,340,342Henry I., the "City Founder,"80Henry II. of Germany,87Henry III.,88,90,105Henry IV.,91,93Henry VII.,134Héricourt, Siege of,208Herodotus,8Hertenstein of Lucerne,213Hildgard, Princess, Abbess of Zurich,70Hirtzel,339Hohe Frau von Zurich,149Hohenstaufen line,107;extinction,114Hooper, Bishop,297"Horned Council,"229Hotze,360Hug, Dr. Arnold, scholar,416Huns,44,45Huss, martyr,198IIm Grund,219Imports,410Initiative, the,403Innsbruck,186International Postal Union,415Italian Wars,237JJacques, St., battle of,191,193,195Jenatsch,307,309;stabbed,310John XXIII., Pope,185Judith,72Julien, St., treaty of,274Juvalta, Anna,307KKaernthen, Arnulf of,76Kappel, first battle,264;second ditto,267"Kappeller, Milchesuppe,"262Keller, Dr. Ferdinand,3,414Keller, novelist,154Keller, poet,414Kern, Swiss envoy,400Klaus, Bruder,221Klingenberg, Henry of,153Klopstock,337,338Kloten,38Knonau Castle,186;rising at,227;Ludwig Meyer von,340Knox,287Köchly, scholar,416Königsfelden, Monastery,133Korsakow,360,361Kyburg Manor,82;counts of,89;rise of family,104;fall,166L"Ladle Squires," the,274Lake dwellers,5,9,11Lake dwellings,3;construction,5;probable dates,11;ditto in East Yorkshire,12Landammann, installation of,249Landenberg,121Länder, the,218Landsgemeinde,247Latin right,35Laupen,97,163Lausanne bishopric,271Lavater,340,359,361League of Perpetual Alliance,119Lemanic Republic,349Lenzburg, counts of,89;family,104Leopold,135;defeated at Morgarten,136Leopold III. of Austria,168;defeated at Sempach,172Letzinen, the,162Leventina,188;rising in,316Libertines,285Ligue à la Cassette,


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