- Louis, King of Hungary and Poland, 552-53
- Louis of Orleans, 525-26
- Love, 37, 126, 392, 403, 405, 408, 410-11, 588
- Low Countries, 11, 365-66, 448, 617-20; and see Belgium, Flanders, Netherlands
- Low German, 398-99
- Lübeck, 306, 334, 369, 546
- Lucca, 354, 566, 584
- Lucerne, canton of, 542; Lake of, 541-42
- Lucifer, 413
- Lucius, 63
- Lunatics, 516, 565 note; and see sanity
- Lute, 404
- Luther, Martin, 115, 638
- Lutterworth, 564
- Luxemburg, Duchy of, 616, 620
- Luxemburg, House of, 538-40, 552
- Luxeuil, 166-67
- Luxury, prehistoric, 4; ancient, 41, 61; of declining Roman Empire, 92-94; early medieval, 126; early Arabian, 172; of Mohammedan courts, 182; trade in, 225; of courts of southern France, 404; of St. Francis's youth, 448-49; of the Italian Renaissance, 599
- Luzern, see Lucerne
- Lyons, 333, 443, 506; Council of, 470-71
- Lyric poetry, Greek, 21; medieval, 403-06, 410; Renaissance, 593
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- Macedon and Macedonia, 22-23, 79, 151, 554, 556
- Macedonian dynasty, in Byzantine Empire, 309
- Machiavelli, Niccolo, 578-80, 594, 596, 635-36, 640
- Machicolations, 247
- Machinery, Roman, 35; Byzantine, 185
- Mâcon, 510
- Madagascar, 393
- Madeira Islands, 394, 609-10
- Madonnas, 605
- Magdeburg, 368; Archbishop of, 307
- Magic, in Roman religion, 4; in Roman Empire, 33, 36; in ancient medicine, 38; in early German religion, 45, 400; and Neo-Platonism, 65; transformations, 114; in Salic Law, 127; Arabian, 183, 387; Norse, 216; reputations, 375, 384, 412; and science, 387; in literature, 400-01, 406-07; and see Witchcraft
- Magna Carta, 459, 479-81, 485, 488-90, 500, 533
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- Magyars, 11, 58, 216, 227-32, 262, 301, 308, 548, 556; and see Hungary
- Main River, 42
- Maine, County or Duchy of, 276, 457, 494, 497, 508, 626
- Mainz, 264-65, 368, 422, 594; Synod at, 285; archbishop of, 532
- Major domus, see Mayor of the Palace
- Majorian, Roman Emperor, 91-92
- Malacca, 608
- Malaga, 189
- Malaria, 60
- Malatesta, Gismondo, 580
- Malocello, Lancelot, 394
- Mamelukes, 549, 557
- Man, age of, 3; and see Brotherhood of,
- Manfred, 470-71
- Manichaeism, 96, 442-44
- Manners, 315, 348, 405, 587, 592, 594, 607, 623, 636, 638; and see Chivalry, Courtesy, Knighthood, Social conditions
- Manor, 235-38, 259, 327, 333, 337, 344, 348, 486, 508, 515, 630; and see Villa
- Manorial court, 235, 237, 259, 278-79, 330, 336, 475, 486, 563
- Mans, Le, 280
- Mansus, 233, 235; indominicatus, 236
- Mantes, 363
- Mantua, 352, 580, 603; Synod of, 287
- Manufactures, see Industry
- Manuscripts, 7, 55, 162-65, l6 7, 185, 211, 223, 375, 382, 399, 588-89, 594, 601; and see Illumination
- Manzikert, battle of, 309
- Maps, 394-96, 587, 610
- Marble, 72-73, H5, 217, 421, 599
- Marcel, Etienne, 519-21
- March, or Mark, 200, 203, 264
- Marcian, Roman Emperor, 85-86
- Marco Polo, 393-94, 396, 550, 607
- Marcomanni, 53
- Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 53, 62, 67, 97-98
- Mare, Peter de la, 522
- Margaret of York, 618
- Margraves, 203, 534
- Marianus Scotus, 376
- Maries, Three, 409
- Marignano, battle of, 638
- Mariner's compass, invention of, 16, 223, 388, 394, 396, 587
- Maritime, see Shipping and Voyages
- Mark, see March, St. Mark
- Markets, 25, 184-85, 327, 337, 358, 362, 365, 367, 494
- Marmora, Sea of, 138
- Marne River, 266
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