A

Aargau, subject land, 186

Adams, Sir F. O., 412

Adolf of Nassau, 131

Æneas Sylvius, 203, 253

Ætius defeated Huns, 45;
gave Savoy to Burgundy, 51

Agassiz, 14

Agen, battle of, 20

Agnes of Königsfelden, 141

Alamanni, 39, 46, 47, 49

Albrecht of Habsburg, 113, 120, 131, 132

Alcuin, 64

Allobroges, 21

Allmend, or common land, 48, 126

Alpinus, 37

Alpnach, bay of, 355

Ambühl of Glarus, 176

Amman chosen in Uri, 127

Am Stoss, battle of, 181

Appenzell, 181;
admitted as an ally, 182;
admitted as a canton, 237

Aquæ (Baden), 35

Aquæ Sextiæ, battle of, 21

Arbedo, engagement at, 188

Arelatisches Reich founded, 73

Arnold of Brescia, reformer, 100, 152

Arnold von Melchthal, 120

Arnulf of Kaernthen, 76

Arth, Battle of, 354

Asylum, Right of, 416, 418

Augusta Rauracorum, 35, 39

Augusta Vindelicorum, 32

"Äusserer Stand," Society, 320

Austria, 143, 146, 166;
defeated at Sempach, 172;
defeated at Naefels, 177;
claims the Forest, 178

Autun, battle of, 55

Avars, the, 76

Avenches, 97, 213;
battle at, 368

Aventicum, 14, 34, 39


B

Baden (Zurich), 186

Barbarossa, 96

Basel, 14;
treaty of, 236;
divided, 387

Bayard, 240

Beccaria, 294

Bellinzona, 188

Bern, 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., 420

Berchtold V. founds Bern, 97;
defeated by Savoy, 98

Bertha, the "Spinning Queen," 74, 86

Bertold I., Duke of Zaeringen, 93

Bertold II., 94

Bertold IV., 96

Beza, 287, 290

Bibracte, battle of, 23

Bituitus, 19

Bockenkrieg, 372

Bodmer, 334, 338

Bonivard, 273

Borromean League, 294

Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, 293

Bourbaki, General, 417

Breisach, rising at, 205

Breitinger, 334, 336

Brun, Burgomaster of Zurich, 140, 146, 155, 157

Bubenberg, Hans von, 164;
Adrian von, 206, 212

Bullinger, Reformer, 268, 296

Bund ob dem See, 181

Burgdorf, 97, 166

Burgundia Transjurans, 73

Burgundy takes West Helvetia, 40;
defeated by Huns, 50;
defeated by Franks, 55;
two kingdoms of, 73;
its wars, 200

Burkhard of Alamannia, 74

Burkhard of Chur-Rhætia, 78, 80, 81


C

Cæcina ravages Helvetia, 36

Campo Formio, treaty of, 347

Calvin, 279;
his writings, 280;
settles at Geneva, 281;
banished, 282;
founds the Consistory, 283;
burns Servetus, 286;
his policy, 287;
death, 289

Carlomann, 58

Carmagnola, General, 188

Carolinum founded, 67

Catalaunian Plain, great battle on, 45

Catholic League, 387

Catholic Reaction, 291, 294

Central Government, 396

Centralists, the, 366

Chablais, 380, 402

Charlemagne, 59;
Emperor of the West, 60;
legends concerning, 62;
zeal for education, 64

Charles the Bald, 72

Charles the Bold, 200, 205;
defeated at Grandson, 211;
at Morat, 213;
death, 215

Charles IV. of Germany, 141, 143

Chiavenna, 241, 346, 380

Chillon, 109, 274

Christianity, introduction of, 40

Christian League, 264

Codex Manesse, 153

Columban, 57

Commerce, 409

Confederation formed, 119

Conrad I., 77;
II., 88;
III., 99

Conradin, 114

Constance, siege of, 304

Clairvaux, monk, preaches Crusades, 99

Clovis, king of the Franks, 54

Crusades, 98


D

D'Affry, 372, 376

Davel, Major, 319

"Délices, Les," 326;
theatre destroyed, 328

Diesbach, Nicolas von, 206

Divico, 20, 23

Domo d'Ossola, 188

Dornbühl, victory at, 158

Drachenried, engagement at, 355

Drusus, 25, 32

Dufour, General, 393, 401, 415


E

East Frankish realm, 72

Eberhard the "Quarrelsome," 143;
of Kyburg, 161

Education, 388, 412

Eidgenossenschaft, the, 118

Eight States League, 139, 166

Einsiedeln, 82, 134

Eishere the Giant, 62

Elizabeth of Habsburg, 133

"Empty Pocket," Frederick the, 181

Ensisheim, peace of, 197

Erlach, Ludwig von, 350

Erlach, Rudolf von, 164

Ernest II. of Swabia, 82

Escalade of Geneva, 302

Eschenbach, 133

Escher, 358, 375

Ewiger Bund, 129

Exports, 410


F

Farel, reformer, 275

Faucigny, 380, 402

"Faustrecht," the, 107

Federal Assembly, 396

Federal Council, 396

Federal Tribunal, 396

Felix Martyr, 42

Fellenberg, educationist, 374

Ferney, 326

Feudalism, 103

Fichte, 338

Fontana, 234

"Foul Peace," the, 175

Franche Comté, 215

Franco-German War, 417

Franks, the, 54

Fraubrunnen, skirmish at, 350

Frederick von Staufen, 93

Frederick I. (Barbarossa), 105

Frederick II., 127, 150

Frederick III., 190

Frederick the "Empty Pocket," 181, 185

Freiburg, 161, 221

French Revolution, 343

Fridolin St., banner of, at Naefels, 177

"Friedel" (Empty Pocket), 185


G

Galba, 25, 35

Gallia Comata, 31

Gall, St., 57, 62, 182, 241, 346

Geneva, 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, 415

Geschworne Brief, 155

Gessler, 121, 123

Giornico, victory at, 189

Glarean, scholar, 254

Glarus, 141;
1st Landsgemeinde, 175;
defeats Austria, 177;
defeated at Rapperswyl, 353

Goethe, 341

Golden League, 294

Gothard, St., pass, 187;
tunnel, 412

Götterdämmerung, 50

Gotteshausbund, 184

Grandson, battle of, 208, 211

Graubünden, 184, 234;
religious feuds, 305;
massacre in, 307;
Austrian occupation, 308;
independence recovered, 311

Grauholz, conflict at, 351

Gregory VII., Pope, 91

Greifensee, 194, 317

Greyerz, 162, 164

Grey, Lady Jane, 298

Grey League, 184

Guillermins, the, 282

Gümminen, 161

Gundobad of Burgundy, 52


H

Habsburg Castle, 113

Habsburg-Austria, family of, 113

Habsburg-Laufenburg, 113

Habsburg, house of, 113, 114;
kings of Germany, 115

Hadrian, Pope, 60, 63

Hadwig, 81

Hærige, the, 48

Hagenback, Peter von, 204, 205

Haller, 334, 336

Hallwyl, Hans von, 212

Harpe, La, 347, 359, 367, 372, 384

Hartmann, 108, 161

Harsthörner, 209

Hatto, Bishop, 66

Heer, Professor, 8

Heierli, 11

Helvetia, 13, 31, 32

Helvetians, 14;
government, 17;
feuds with Germans, 18;
victory over Romans, 20;
defeated at Bibracte, 24;
made associates by Rome, 25;
split into two sections, 36

Helvetic Club, 347

Helvetic Republic, 352

Helvetic Society, the, 340, 342

Henry I., the "City Founder," 80

Henry II. of Germany, 87

Henry III., 88, 90, 105

Henry IV., 91, 93

Henry VII., 134

Héricourt, Siege of, 208

Herodotus, 8

Hertenstein of Lucerne, 213

Hildgard, Princess, Abbess of Zurich, 70

Hirtzel, 339

Hohe Frau von Zurich, 149

Hohenstaufen line, 107;
extinction, 114

Hooper, Bishop, 297

"Horned Council," 229

Hotze, 360

Hug, Dr. Arnold, scholar, 416

Huns, 44, 45

Huss, martyr, 198


I

Im Grund, 219

Imports, 410

Initiative, the, 403

Innsbruck, 186

International Postal Union, 415

Italian Wars, 237


J

Jacques, St., battle of, 191, 193, 195

Jenatsch, 307, 309;
stabbed, 310

John XXIII., Pope, 185

Judith, 72

Julien, St., treaty of, 274

Juvalta, Anna, 307


K

Kaernthen, Arnulf of, 76

Kappel, first battle, 264;
second ditto, 267

"Kappeller, Milchesuppe," 262

Keller, Dr. Ferdinand, 3, 414

Keller, novelist, 154

Keller, poet, 414

Kern, Swiss envoy, 400

Klaus, Bruder, 221

Klingenberg, Henry of, 153

Klopstock, 337, 338

Kloten, 38

Knonau Castle, 186;
rising at, 227;
Ludwig Meyer von, 340

Knox, 287

Köchly, scholar, 416

Königsfelden, Monastery, 133

Korsakow, 360, 361

Kyburg Manor, 82;
counts of, 89;
rise of family, 104;
fall, 166


L

"Ladle Squires," the, 274

Lake dwellers, 5, 9, 11

Lake dwellings, 3;
construction, 5;
probable dates, 11;
ditto in East Yorkshire, 12

Landammann, installation of, 249

Landenberg, 121

Länder, the, 218

Landsgemeinde, 247

Latin right, 35

Laupen, 97, 163

Lausanne bishopric, 271

Lavater, 340, 359, 361

League of Perpetual Alliance, 119

Lemanic Republic, 349

Lenzburg, counts of, 89;
family, 104

Leopold, 135;
defeated at Morgarten, 136

Leopold III. of Austria, 168;
defeated at Sempach, 172

Letzinen, the, 162

Leventina, 188;
rising in, 316

Libertines, 285

Ligue à la Cassette,