to the alterations in the Ecclefiaftical affairs of the hereditary dominions of the House of Austria, iii. 217. Savoy, added with Burgundy, to the Germanic Empire, i. 153, why that State has no Envoy at the Diet, ii. 392. Scheld, fhut by an article of the Peace of Munfter, ii. 57. difpute concerning the opening of it, iii. 215. Schifm in the Papal See in the fourteenth century, i. 322. in the fifteenth, i. 335. Silefia, the prefervation of the Proteftant Churches a condition in the Peace of Weftphalia, ii. 8o. claims of the King of Pruffia on the four Principalities, and the refult, iii. 14. 33. 41. privileges of the Empire with refpect to that country reserved, iii. 41. Slefwic, the boundary of Germany at the time of Charlemagne, i. 70. in the reign of Henry I. i. 122. Conrad, ii. 1. 153. origin of the Margraviate, i. 122. Sweden promifes not to oppose Denmark in the poffeffion of it, ii. 476. SCHLAMPAMPEN, feasting of a Duke in a tavern in the fifteenth century, ii. 196. Schmalkalde, Proteftant League of, ii. 451. Schönburg, the Counts of, their mefne Fiefs of the Empire, iii. 211. Scholaftic inftitutions of Charlemagne, i. 73. their decline, i. 95. the Ex-jefuits employed as teachers in the Catholic schools, iii. 195. Swabia, the Ducal title of that country extinct, i. 252. League of Swabia, i. 341. Scharzenau, Baron, Envoy at the Diet, his publications, iii. 63. Schwartzenberg, vote of that Prince in the Council of the Princes, ii. 287. Sweden, Guftavus Adolphus King of, his enterprizes in Ger many, ii. 43. compenfation demanded by the Swedes in the Peace of Weftphalia, ii. 63. Swedish army, their demands in the negociations of the Peace of Weftphalia, ii. 150. Swifs, war with them in the reign of Maximilian I. by which they obtain their independence, i. 383. their independence confirmed by the Peace of Weftphalia, ii. 60. Schwerin, Schwerin, that country fecularized in favour of Mecklenburg, ii. 65. Secularization, firft inftance of it, i. 431. becomes frequent in coníequence of the Peace of Wellphalia, ii. 64. Secularized countries, their votes in the Council of the Princes, ii. 264. 266. See, vacancy of, in ecclefiaftical countries, i. 179. Self-defence, very frequent in the middle ages, i. 206. in cafes of religious grievances, ii. 156. otherwife not allowed among the members of the Germanic Empire, iii. 245. Senates, divifion of them at the Vifitation of the Chamber, iii. 145. their origin, iii. 169. judicial and extrajudicial, iii. 172. Seniority, fucceffion according to this mode different from fucceffion according to the right of primogeniture, i. 277. Sicily devolves to the House of Hohenftauffen, i. 224. Simony, ordinances against it, enacted by Gregory VII. i. 161. Simultaneum, difpute concerning it, and its history, ii. 240. Favoured in the peace of Ryfwic, ii. 319. Soeft, probably one of the oldest towns in Germany, i. 117. Spanish fucceffion, war of, ii. 396. Spires, that city burned by the French, ii. 444. dispute between the Bishop and Chapter, and with the Dean, iii. 188. States, particular, ii. 166. their conftitutions, ii. 176. each governed at present independently, iii. 267. their variety more or lefs happy, iii. 304. STAATSDIENSTBARKEITEN, or fervitutes jurifpublici, iii. 285. Staple privileges, iii. 286. Stamped paper, ii. 294. Steltin, ceded to Pruffia, ii. 476. Storch, Nicholas, the fanatic clothier, i. 418. Strafburg, Bishoprick of, Difpute concerning the Ecclefiaftical re fervation there, ii. 23. Sub-deputation from Deputations of the Empire, iii. 143. Succeffion of various Houfes at the end of the XVIIth century, ii. 344. Succeffion, Succeffion, order in the Electorates, ii. 343. Disputes concerning it in the Houses of the Princes in the reign of Leopold, ii. 344. SUCCUMBENZGELD, fees paid to the Aulic Council, ii. 110. Subjection of the States on certain conditions, determined by Treaty, iii. 302. Statutes of the Aulic Council, hiftory of them, ii. 105. history of the Statutes of Ferdinand III. ii. 228. objections to them, ii. 229. States of the Empire who are at the fame time Kings, ii. 389. they make no apology to the Emperor for not attending in person when invefted with Fiefs, ii. 391. of the Empire at the time of the Merovingians, i. 38. their great power in the reign of Lewis the Pious, i. 86. the freedom of their votes in the concerns of the Empire fecured by the Peace of Weftphalia, ii. 96. their confent how far neceffary to the Emperor in affairs of confequence, ii. 174. relation to the other Powers of Europe, iii. 285. their increase of territory, i. 197. inftances of their being perfonally arrested and imprisoned, iii. 248. Taborites in Bohemia, i. 332. T Taxis, Difpute concerning the admiffion of that House in the Council of the Princes, iii. 79. his Post, ii. 144. Templars, Knights of that order, i. 183. Temporal adminiftration of Justice, i. 366. Territorial rights of the States fecured by Charters from the Emperor, i, 233. and promoted by the provincial States of their own countries, i. 236. Territorial Sovereignty, its real origin, i. 233. confirmed by the Peace of Weftphalia, ii. 91. its ftate afterwards, ii. 194. legal refort against the abuse of it, iii. 245. - equal in other respects to that of the other States of Europe, iii. 285. A Tefcben, Tefchen, Peace of, iii. 205. guaranteed, ratified by the Empire, iii. 209. Tetzel, John, Luther's antagonist, i. 391. Throne-fiefs, investiture of them, iii. 231. Throne, fucceffion according to the conftitution of the Franks, i. 38. among the Saxons, i. 123. the defcent fecured from father to fon, i. 142. 147. Thuringia, made fubject to the Franks, i. 27. Difpute concerning fucceffion to that country, between the ancestors of the present Houfes of Saxony and Heffe, i. 251. TOTHEILUNG, or perpetual divifion of families, i. 189. 194. whether there was one in the House of Bavaria, iii. 199. daughters allowed to fucceed in the Houses of the States of Germany, ii. 309. Toleration among the Catholics, more than formerly, iii. 262. Tuscany intended for a Spanish Prince, ii. 477. afterwards for the Tranfportation of the subjects of a different religion, iii. 8 3. Tribur, Diet of the Empire held there, i. 109. Trent, Council of, ii. 3. Treves, alternate precedency with Cologne, iii. 121. Truchfefs Gebhard, Elector of Cologne, ii. 22. Teutonic order, its origin, i. 183. Grand Commandery secula rized, i. 431. Tolls, the establishment of them an Imperial right, iii. 273. their great number, i. 259. Tythes, the payment of them impofed on the Saxons, i. 67. Tribunals of the Empire, i. 240. Villages, immediate, ii. 93. V. Varel devolves to the House of Bentink, ii. 347. Venice, league of Cambray, i. 383. Difpute concerning rank between that Republic and the Electors, ii. 199. Verden, Dutchy of, its vote in the Council of the Princes, ii. 265. ceded to Hanover, ii. 476. Verdun, Verdun, Treaty of, concerning the divifion of the Frankish Em pire, i. 84. Vifitation of the Chamber, its origin, i. 354. regulation concern ing it in the reign of Charles V. i. 501. annual vifitation ftopped, ii. 30. Ordinances concerning it in the laft Recefs, ii. 234. Vifitations of 1704 and 1713, ii. 446. in the reign of Jofeph II. iii. 136. its diffolution, iii. 152. reftoration, iii. 164. of the Aulic Council, ii. 107. 229. wish for its Vows, their invalidity afferted by the Proteftants, i. 430. Vienna, Germanic Conftitution particularly conspicuous at that Court, iii. 126. Votes in the Council of the Princes, origin of their prefent number, ii. 15. their religious quality after he reformation, ii. 376. manner of delivering them, read or dictated, iii. 94. of the affeffors of the Chamber, whether copies of them may be demanded by the Court of Vienna, iii. 180. the equality which ought to fubfift by law in the Tribunals of the Empire, ii. 113. right of voting fecured by the peace of Weftphalia, ii. 96. Vice Chancellor of the Empire, his office, iii. 227. Vicariate, Ordinances refpecting it in the Golden Bull, i. 288. boundaries fettled, iii. 122. Vicars of the Empire, Ordinances in their favour in the Capitulation of Charles VII. iii. 21. Vicariate of the Rhine. difpute concerning it between Bavaria and the Palatinate, ii. 273. Convention on that fubject, iii. 2. 4. it becomes alternative, iii. 44. acknowledged by the Empire, iii. 122. Vicariate, Aulic Court of, at Augsburg, iii. 4. U. Union Electoral, its origin, i. 268. renewed in the reign of Ferdinand I. ii. 2. fworn to again at the election of Jofeph II. iii. 121. of the Electors on the Rhine, i. 268. of the Proteftants in the reign of Rudolphus II. ii. 35. of the Bavarian and Palatine Houses, iii. 3. at Frankfort in favour of Charles VII. iii. 86. 4 Upper |