A Short History of the Middle Ages Fourth Edition

Constance, Council of (1414–1418), 302 –3, 305
Constance I, queen of Sicily and empress, 211
Constance II, queen of Sicily (d.1302), 212
Constantine the African, 179 , 181
Isagoge, 181
Constantine I, Roman emp. (r.306–337), 5 –8, 10 , 74 , 97 , 117 , 314
Constantine V, Byzantine emp. (r.741–775), 48 , 80
Constantine VI, Byzantine emp., 80
Constantine VIII, Byzantine emp., 117
Constantine IX, Byzantine emp. (r.1042–1055), 159
Constantine/Cyril, Saint, 82 , 84
Constantinople, 4 , 7 , 9 , 15 , 18 , 20 , 29 , 39 , 41 , 43 –46, 74 –75, 80 , 82 –84, 91 , 96 , 98 , 115 , 117 , 119 , 163 ,
166 , 171 , 200 –1, 234 , 236 –37, 257 , 278 , 283 –84, 288 –89, 314. See also Byzantium; Istanbul
Base of the Hippodrome Obelisk (c.390), 18 , 18 , 20 , 85
Council of (692), 45
Golden Horn, 119 , 163 , 201
Great Palace, 117
Hagia Sophia, 29 ; Cross (orig. mosaic 6th cent.; redone 768/769), 48 , 49
Latin Empire of, 243
Synod of (754), 48
Constitutions of Melfi (1231) (Frederick II), 211 –12
contado, 135 , 210 , 213
conversos, 304. See also Jews
Córdoba, 93 , 125 –26, 135
Great Mosque (785–787), 93 , 95 , 125
cortes (Spanish), 252 –53
Cortés, Hernán (1485–1547), 324 , 329
cortezia, 216
councils. See names of individual councils (by city)
court/courts
courtly entourage/courtiers, 27 , 56 , 63 , 73 , 80 , 92 , 117 , 144 , 214 , 317
culture, 214 –18
legal, 74 , 133 , 170 , 179 , 203 –5, 208 , 210 , 212 , 220 , 236 , 254 –55, 297
political, 60 , 63 , 65 , 82 , 84 , 87 –88, 102 , 105 , 115 , 117 , 125 –26, 137 –38, 141 , 148 , 159 , 175 , 192 , 200 ,
208 , 213 , 217 , 252 –55, 268 , 275 , 305 , 314
courtly poetry. See literature
Courtrai, battle of (1302), 248