Scope Of Chapter 70
Fall In The East — from 'The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire' by Edward Gibbon

ADEvent
1304-1374Petrarch
1341His Poetic Coronation at Rome
   Birth, Character, and patriotic Designs of Rienzi
1347
He assumes the Government of Rome,
With the Title and Office of Tribune
Laws of the Good Estate
Freedom and Prosperity of the Roman Republic
The Tribune is respected in Italy. etc.,
And celebrated by Petrarch
His Vices and Follies
The Pomp of his Knighthood And Coronation
Fear and Hatred of the Nobles of Rome,
They oppose Rienzi in Arms
Defeat and Death of the Colonna;
Fall and Flight of the Tribune Rienzi
1347-1354Revolutions of Rome; Adventures of Rienzi
1351A Prisoner at Avignon
1354Rienzi, Senator of Rome, His Death
1355Petrarch invites and upbraids the Emperor Charles IV.
   He solicits the Popes of Avignon to fix their Residence at Rome
1367-1370Return of Urban V.
1377 Return of Gregory XI.
ADEvent
1378 His Death; Election of Urban VI.; Election of Clement VII.
1378-1418Great Schism of the West; Calamities of Rome
1392-1407 Negotiations for Peace & Union
1409Council of Pisa
1414-1418Council of Constance, Election of Martin V.
1417 Martin V.
1431 Eugenius IV.
1447 Nicholas V.
1434 Last Revolt of Rome
1452Last Coronation of a German Emperor, Frederic III.
   The Statutes & Government of Rome
1453 Conspiracy of Porcaro
   Last Disorders of the Nobles of Rome
1500The Popes acquire the absolute Dominion of Rome
   The Ecclesiastical Government
1585-l590 Sixtus V
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