[[5]]
Evidently a reference to the Gravamina of the German Nation; See
GEBHARDT, Die Grav. Der Deutschen
Nation, Breslau, 1895.
[[6]]
Councils of the Church, especially those of Constance (1414-18), and
of Basel (1431-39).
[[7]]
Charles V. was elected Emperor in 1519, when but twenty years of age.
Hutten expresses his "hopes of good" from Charles in Vadiscus (BOCKING, IV,
156).
[[8]]
Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190).
[[9]]
Frederick II (1212-1250), grandson of Barbarossa and last of the
great Hobenstaufen Emperors. He died under excommunication.
[[10]]
Pope Julius II (1503-1513). Notorious among the popes for his
unscrupulous pursuit of political power, he was continually involved in war
with one and another of the European powers over the possession of
territories in Italy.
[[11]]
Luther's recollection of the figures was
faulty.
