Marquis, 265
Marriage, by capture, 4, 47; among early Germans, 46; of the clergy, 106, 193, 282-83, 287-88; of serfs, 235; on the manor, 237, 330; feudal, 243. 253, 403-04» 494! sacrament of, 294, 439; of gild members, 335; monastic attitude toward, 375; and see Divorce, Intermarriage, Polygamy
Marseilles, 111, 149, 321, 357, 467
Marsiglio of Padua, 561-62 , 575
Martin, St., of Tours, 109, 111, 159, 218, 366
Martin V, Pope, 568, 572-73
Martyrs, 100, 102, 104, 106, 109, 158, 274, 297, 375, 430, 443, 569
Mary of Burgundy, 620-21, 632
Mary Magdalene, 99
Marzocco , of Donatello, 603
Masaccio, 602
Mass, sacrament of, 77, 380, 439-40 , 443, 495, 564
Masses for the dead, 158, 335, 440, 443, 563
Massif central, le , 88, 272
Masterpiece, 332
Master-workman, 331-33 , 338, 390, 515
Maternus, see Firmicus
Mathematics, Arabian, 182; medieval, 383, 386, 389, 609
Matilda, Queen of England, 278, 293
Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, 290, 354, 462
Matins of Bruges, 499
Matthew, Gospel of , 107 note
Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, 558, 57i, 615
Mauretania, 83, 135, 178; and see Moors
Maurice, Byzantine Emperor, 150, 156, 159
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 82-83 , 147
Mavortius, 70
Maximilian, Emperor of Germany, 540, 615 , 620-21, 626, 632, 634, 636-38
Maxims of Frederick III, 614-15
Mayence, see Mainz
Mayor of commune, 358
Mayor of the Palace, 179, 193-04
Maypoles, origin of, 45
Meaux, 266, 270
Mecca, 172-174 , 176
Mecklenburg, 307, 546
Medallions, 66, 600
Medici, Cosimo de', 584-85, 596, 603
Medic, House of, 636-38; and see Pope Leo X
Medici, Lorenzo de', 585, 593, 596, 607, 634, 638, 640
Medici, Piero de', 634
Medicine, ancient, 23, 38; early medieval Christian attitude toward, 159-60; Arabian, 183, 320; Anglo-Saxon, 223; medieval, 376-77, 385, 387-89, 393, 590, 632
Medieval Empire, see Holy Roman Empire
Medina, 174-76 , 180
Meditations , of Marcus Aurelius, 62
Mediterranean race, 10, 272
Mediterranean Sea, 11-12, 19-24,26-27, 30, 34, 40, 60, 83, 88-90, 138, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192, 266, 271-72, 303-05, 318, 322, 327, 335-36, 341, 343, 357, 395, 497, 508, 515, 517, 519, 583, 608, 612, 620
Meissen, 228
Menander, 21, 24
Mendicant Friars, see Friars
Mercenaries, medieval, 278, 301, 492, 514, 518, 521, 554, 604, 623, 627; and see Condottieri
Merchant, see Law Merchant
Merchants, see Commerce
Mercia, Kingdom of, 169, 220; Earldom of, 276
Merlin, 406
Merovingian, monarchs, 125, 127, 192-94, 261; commerce, 149; monuments, 126
Merseburg, Bishopric of, 375
Mersen, Treaty of, 213
Mesopotamia, 69, 111, 151, 177, 556
Messina, 226
Metal-workers of medieval Paris, 334
Metamorphoses , of Apuleius, 63
Metaphysics , of Aristotle, 385, 592
Methusaleh, 114
Metropolitan, see Archbishop
Metz, 85; cathedral of, 430
Meuse River, 119
Michael Scot, 384
Michelangelo, 605-07 , 636
Middle Ages, defined, 13-16; early, 233; later, 511; close of, 612, 614, 639
Middle class, 67-68, 614, 621-23, 629-30, 632; and see Bourgeoisie
Middle English, 400
Middle High German, 399, 552
Milan, Roman, 85, 96; medieval, 350-53, 468, 470; Renaissance, 580, 583, 590, 606, 620, 634, 636-38; Archbishop of, 77-78, 134, 580
Military Orders, 303, 307-08, 320, 323-24, 608, 631
Mines, 73; silver, 306; and copper, 616