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INDEX.
Note.—The date affixed to the names, thus ( ), represent in the case of the English kings the period of the reign, and in other cases include the years during which the persons named figure in this history.
- Acre, siege of (A.D. 1191), 220–221
- Adelais, or Alice, Queen of Henry I. (1121), 161, 167
- Queen of Louis VII. of France (1160), 183
- Agricola, Cnæus Julius, a Roman general (78–84), 15
- Alexander II., son of William the Lion (1214–1249), 261, 310
- III., Pope (1160), 183, 185, 195
- III., King of Scotland (1249–1286), 310
- Alexius, Emperor of Constantinople (1096–1099), 122, 128, 130
- Aldred, Archbishop of York (1066), 81, 89, 98
- Alfred the Great, youngest son of Ethelwulph (871–901), 32, 36
- brother of Edward the Confessor (1039–1040), 60, 62
- Almaine, Henry d', son of Richard, King of the Romans (1270), 296
- Alphege, or Elphegus, Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered by the Danes (1012), 53
- Anagni, John of. Cardinal and Papal Legate (1189), 203
- Angles, the, land in Britain (527), 26
- Anglesea, island of, or Mona, attacked by the Romans (61), 11
- Angus, Gilbert of Umfraville Earl of, (1291), 314
- Anjou, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Earl of (1126–1150), 161, 165, 171, 173
- Anne, the "good Queen" of Richard II. (1382–1394), 418, 423, 426
- Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury (1089–1109), 149, 151, 153–154
- Arc, Joan of, the Maid of Orleans (1429–1431), 575, 581
- Architecture, Roman, 19
- Saxon, 70–73
- Norman, 206–210
- of the Thirteenth century, 297–300
- decorated, 465–468
- Armagnacs, massacre of (1418), 546, 547
- Army, pay of in the time of Henry V., 526
- Artavelde, Jacob Van, a brewer of Ghent (1338–1345), 371, 380
- Philip Van, son of Jacob (1381–1382), 411, 418, 419
- Arthur, King, traditions of, 26
- Prince, grandson of Henry II. (1191–1203), 245–249
- Art, Saxon, 80–81
- Norman, 140–148
- and literature, progress of in England, 457–460
- Assassins, or Haschischi, a tribe of Arabian fanatics, 225
- Asser, first Bishop of St. David's, a friend of Alfred the Great, 50
- Athelney, Isle of, retreat of King Alfred, 33
- Athelstan, King of Kent (836), 30
- King, grandson of Alfred (924–941), 33–40
- Augustine, St. , or Austin, first preached the Gospel in Kent (596), 28
- Austria, Leopold, Duke of (1191–1193), 225, 230
- Azincourt, battle of (1415), 531–536
- Bacon, Roger, the philosopher (1214–1292), 460
- Baliol, Edward, King of Scotland (1331–1356), 365, 366, 392
- John, King of Scotland (1291–1314), 311, 314, 317, 320, 323
- Ball, John, a preacher of Kent, associate of Wat Tyler (1381), 411–413
- Bannockburn, battle of (1314), 346–347
- Barbour, John, the Scottish poet (1330–1356), 464
- Battle Abbey, founded by William the Conqueror (1066), 88
- Bayeux, city of, 27
- tapestry, account of, 146–148
- Beaufort, Henry, Cardinal (1419–1447), 555,563, 573, 580, 586, 588
- Beaujé, battle of (1421), 556
- Beauvais, Bishop of (1197), 241–242
- Becket, Thomas à, Primate of England (1119–1170), 183–192
- Bedford, Duke of, son of Henry IV. (1414–1435), 526, 542, 558, 563, 585
- Benjamin of Tudela; account of Constantinople (1159 or 1160), 125–127
- Belesme, Robert de. Earl of Shrewsbury (1101), 153, 155
- Berengaria, Queen of Richard I. (1190–1192), 218–219, 227
- Berwick, massacre of (1296), 317
- Bible, translation of into Saxon, 40
- translation of into English, 420
- Boadicea, widow of Prasutagus, King of the Iceni (59–61), 11, 13
- Bohemond, Prince of Tarontum, a leader of the first Crusade, 128–130
- Bollingbroke, Roger, chaplain to Humphrey Duke of Gloucester (1442), 587
- Born, Bertrand de, a distinguished knight, preceptor of Richard I. (1174–1197), 199, 201, 241
- Bouvines, battle of (1214), 256
- Brenneville, battle of (1119), 159
- Breteuil, Eustace do (1119), 159–160
- William de, treasurer of William Rufus (1100), 148
- Bridgenorth, siege of the castle of (1154), 179
- Britain, early history of, 1
- division into provinces by the Romans, 18
- principal cities existing in the second century, 19
- division into shires by Alfred, 36
- Britons, ancient, 5
- Brittany, Conan, Duke of (1158–1162), 181–182
- Bruce, Robert, Lord of Annandale (1286–1305), 310–311, 329
- King of Scotland (1296–1329), 317, 322–323, 329, 332, 345–347, 359–360, 362
- David, son of the great Robert (1328–1371), 358, 365–366, 384, 394
- Buchan, John Comyn, Eari of (1294–1305), 317, 323, 329–332
- Burgh, Hubert de. Regent of England (1203–1232), 249, 270–273
- Burgundy, Philip the Good, Duke of (1415–1467), 536, 552, 580–581, 584–586, 616, 618
- Charles the Rash, Duke of (1467–1476), 617, 618–622–623
- Duke of, Jean Sans-peur (1406–1419), 508–510, 524–525, 533–540, 545, 551
- Cæsar, Account of his British expeditions (b.c. 55–54), 5–8
- Cade, John, or Jack, insurrection of (1450), 596–597
- Calais, siege of, by Edward III. (1346–1347), 384–387
- Caledonians, or Picts, 2, 15, 16, 17
