Index
Aare, river 68
Aargau 7, 55, 58
Upper Aargau 7
Aigle, mandement 69, 77, 83, 111, 128, 138,
147, 148, 152, 163, 167 n 816, 170
see also Bern
Aiguebelle 142
Aigues-Mortes 69
d’Alliez, Claude, lord of Rosey 138, 148
Allinges 145
Alps 32, 61, 68
Alpine passes: Great St Bernard; Lesser
St Bernard; Mont Cenis 61, 67, 77
Alsace 3, 19, 20, 22, 61, 73, 172
Decapolis 2
Altnau (TG) 15 n 30
Anabaptism 49
Annecy 85, 90 n 171, 94, 112
Aosta 139, 140
Appenzell 10, 30, 31 n 139, 45, 98 n 243
Appenzell Wars (1401–29) 23
Arbon 15, 34, 43
Arlberg 15, 76
Arth 55
Arve, river 143
Associated members 10, 11, 17, 28, 30, 31, 42,
45, 47 n 278, 53, 64, 65, 74, 78, 81,
119, 159, 175
Attalens 150
Aubonne 151, 154, 163
Augsburg, diet (1500) 40
Aulpes, abbey 145 n 655
Austria see Habsburg dynasty, territory; Outer
Austria
Avenches 119, 120 n 445, 122, 142 n 625,
152, 153, 154, 169, 171 n 831
Baar 35
Baden (AG) 48
Barbero, Alessandro (1959–) 87
Barras, Nicolas 65
Basel, bishopric, bishops 35, 58 n 357, 73, 175
Canon Johann Knebel (1413/15–81/83) 56
Basel, city 19, 20, 21, 32, 33, 35, 36, 45, 51,
56, 57, 58 n 357, 69 n 53, 76, 93, 99,
100, 101, 102, 114 n 392, 115, 151
n 703, 153 n 723, 157
capital market 88, 93, 122, 130, 137
‘Départ de Bâle’ (1544) 157
factions 33 n 160
Basel, Peace of (1499) 33, 36, 38–40, 41–2, 45,
51, 53
Baum, Wilhelm (1948–) 17
Bavaria 26, 69
du Bellay, Jean, cardinal (c.1493–1560) 136
de Belletruche, Antoine, lord of Gerbaix
(†1506) 89
Belle Rive, lordship 156
Belmont-sur-Yverdon 92
François de Luxembourg (c.1445–c.1511) 92
Louise de Savoie, spouse (1467–1530)
92 n 186
Bergier, Jean-Francois (1931–2009) 67–8, 87
Bern 3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30,
34, 35, 36, 40, 50, 51–2, 53, 54, 55, 57,
58, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73,
74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79–81, 83, 90, 91,
92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101,
102, 103–10, 111–17, 121–5, 126–32,
133–40, 141–7, 148–54, 155–7, 158–9,
160–5, 166–71, 172, 173–4, 175
Bernese Oberland 113–14, 133, 170
Disputation (January 1528) 113, 170
Girod, Pierre, city secretary 152
Great Council 109, 140, 149, 167 n 813
Small Council 3, 74, 76, 107 n 319, 109,
112, 123, 149, 168, 169, 175
von Bubenberg, Adrian (c.1434–79) 74
Bütschelbach, Anton (fl.1520s) 113
von Erlach, Ludwig (1470–1522) 94
Dr Thüring Fricker (c.1429–1519) 41
von Mülinen, Caspar (1481–1538)
108 n 329
von Scharnachtal, Niklas (c.1419–89) 76
see also von Diesbach dynasty
Berthelier, Philibert (c.1465–1519) 103, 106
see also Geneva
Besançon 65, 100, 108 n 327, 128 n 519
Bex 69, 111, 170
Biel/Bienne 65, 73, 129, 141, 159
Biel/Bienne, lake 68, 73
Bischofszell 15, 34
Bittmann, Karl (1910–74) 73, 74 n 72,
75 n 83, 77, 168
Black Forest 19, 20, 34, 38, 49
Blamont 74, 76, 100, 101(There is no separate entry for Switzerland. Under Burgrecht the cantons are cited by their conventional
two-letter abbreviations, the Confederation by CH. Footnote references are given only when there is
no mention in the text itself.)