An Account of Denmark

Index of the Chapters

191 INDEX OF THE CHAPTERS  CHAPTER I. The State of Gaul before it was reduced into the Form of a Roman Province. 209 CHAPTER II. Probable Conjectures concerning the Ancient Language of the Gauls. 215 CHAPTER III. The State of Gaul, after it was reduced into the Form of a Province by the Romans. 220 CHAPTER IV. Of the Original of the Franks, who having possess’d themselves of Gallia, changed its Name into that of Francia, or Francogallia. 225 CHAPTER V. Of the Name of the Franks, and their sundry Excursions; and what time they first began to establish a Kingdom in Gallia. 232 CHAPTER VI. Whether the Kingdom of Francogallia was Hereditary or Elective; and the Manner of making its Kings. 239 CHAPTER VII. What Rule was observed concerning the Inheritance of the Deceased King, when he left more Children than one. 247 192  Francogallia CHAPTER VIII. Of the Salick Law, and what Right Women had in the Kings, their Father’s Inheritance. 252 CHAPTER IX. Of the Right of Wearing a large Head of Hair peculiar to the Royal Family. 256 CHAPTER X. The Form and Constitution of the Francogallican Government. 260 CHAPTER XI. Of the Sacred Authority of the Publick Council. 270 CHAPTER XII. Of the Kingly Officers, commonly called Mayors of the Palace. 276 CHAPTER XIII. Whether Pipin was created King by the Pope, or by the Authority of the Francogallican Council. 280 CHAPTER XIV. Of the Constable and Peers of France. 285 CHAPTER XV. Of the continued Authority and Power of the Sacred Council, during the Reign of the Carolingian Family. 290 CHAPTER XVI. Of the Capetian Race, and the Manner of its obtaining the Kingdom of Francogallia. 295 CHAPTER XVII. Of the uninterrupted Authority of the Publick Council, during the Capetian Line. 298 CHAPTER XVIII. Of the Remarkable Authority of the Council against Lewis the Eleventh. 302 CHAPTER XIX. Of the Authority of the Assembly of the States, concerning the most important Affairs of Religion. 307 CHAPTER XX. Whether Women are not as much debarr’d by the Francogallican Law from the Administration, as from the Inheritance of the Kingdom. 309 CHAPTER XXI. Of the Juridical Parliaments in France. 317 ...