by Simon Winder
and Joseph II
missionaries
Reformation
renewal
and private devotion
scholarship
Smollett on
Swiss
and the Thirty Years War
and Thomas à Kempis
see also anti-Catholic sentiment
Cautionary Towns
Caxton, William
Central Europe
Centre Party (Germany)
Chalon-Arlay
Chamberlain, Neville
Champagne
Chanak Crisis
Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor
and Aachen
and the Avar Empire
and Christianity
crowning
cult of
geographic legacy
Charlemagne Prize
Charleroi
Charles, Duke of Berry
Charles I, Emperor of Austria
Charles I, King of England
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
Charles II, King of England
Charles II ‘the Bald’, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles III ‘the Fat’, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles III ‘the Simple’, King of West Francia
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia
Charles IV, King of France
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
abdication
Diet of Worms (1521)
and Margaret of Austria
Palace at Hesdin
and the Reformation
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI, King of France
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VII, King of France
Charles VIII, King of France
Charles X, King of France
Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Prince
Charles the Bald, King of West Francia
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
alliance with Edward IV
and Commynes
destroys Dinant
military failures
military successes
tomb
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
Charles Martel, Prince of the Franks
Charolais, County of
Chifflet, Jean-Jacques
Childeric I, tomb of
Christian II, King of Denmark
Christianity
altar paintings
Council of Konstanz (1417)
Diet of Worms (1521)
eastern Germany
Eastern Orthodox Church
Great Schism (1378–1417)
and paganism
and the printing press
and the problem of fossils
and the Roman Empire
see also Catholicism; Protestantism; Reformation
Christine of Saint-Trond
Christopher, St
Church of Our Lady, Bruges
Church of St Denis, nr Paris
Church of St John, Mechelen
Churchill, Winston
Cistercian order
Cîteaux Abbey
Clarence, George Plantagenet,st Duke of
Claudia of Chalon
Clemens August, Elector-Archbishop of Cologne
Cleves see Kleve (Cleves)
cloth-making
clothing industry
Clovis I, King of the Franks
Clusius, Carolus
Cobb, Richard
Coburn, Alexander
Cocceians
Colmar (Kolmar)
Cologne (Köln)
Colonia Agrippina
and the First World War
and the French Revolution
and the Golden Bull (1356)
Jewish massacres
Rhine Province
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne school of artists
Cologne War (1583–8)
Colonia Ulpia Traiana (Xanten)
see also Xanten
Commynes, Philippe de
Confederation of the Rhine (1806)
Congo
Congo Free State
Congress of Europe
Conrad, Joseph
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
Conrad III, King of Germany
Constance see Konstanz
Constantine the Great, Emperor
Constantinople
fall of (1453)
sack of (1204)
Conybeare, William
Cook, Captain James
Cortés, Hernán
Coudenberg Palace, Brussels
‘Council of Blood/the Troubles’ (1569–76)
Council of Trent (1545–63)
couque (hard biscuit)
Courtrai (Kortrijk)
Coustain, Pierre
Craft of Basket-Makers
Craft of Fruiterers
Craft of Gardeners
Craft of Soap-Boilers
Craft of Tailors
Craft of the Wine Taverners
Crécy, Battle of (1346)
Cromwell, Oliver
Croÿ, Philippe de
crusades
1396
Central European (1395/1443)
Fifth Crusade
First Crusade
Fourth Crusade
Second Crusade
Sixth Crusade
Third Crusade
Custine, Adam Philippe, Count of
Cuvier, Georges
Cuyp, Aelbert
Cuypers, Pierre
Czechoslovakia
Dada
‘Dark Ages’
Dauphiné
De Stijl
Decapolis (Alsace)
Degrelle, Léon
Delacroix, Eugène
Delft
Delft, Reconciliation of (1428)
Deshima, Nagasaki Bay
Deutsch, Niklaus Manuel
Devereux, Robert,nd Earl of Essex
d’Hondecoeter, Gillis
Dickens, Charles
Diet of Worms see Worms, Diet of
Dijon
Dinant
dinosaurs
dodos
Dogger Bank
Doggerland
Dony, Jean-Jacques-Daniel
Dordrecht (Dort)
Dornach, Battle of (1499)
Dort, Synod of (1618)
Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Gambler
Douai
and English Catholics
Dover Castle
Dreux necropolis
Dreyfus affair
Dryden, John: Annus Mirabilis
‘Duck’s Beak, The’
Dufay, Guillaume
Duke John Dike, Scheldt
Dunes, the Battle of the (1658)
Dunkirk (Dunkerque)
Battle of the Dunes (1658)
pirate port
Second World War
Spanish Armada (1588)
spelling of
Treaty of Utrecht (1713–15)
Dürer, Albrecht
St Jerome in his Study
tours the Netherlands (1520)
Dutch East India Company
Dutch language
Dutch Reformed Church
Dutch Republic (United Provinces)
Calvinism
colonies
Dutch raid (1667)
economic decline
Fifth Crusade
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–84)
‘Great Privilege’
Louis XIV and XV
Mauritius Expedition (1598)
Protestant Union
French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802)
Napoleonic Wars (1803–15)
Scheldt
Spanish Armada (1588)
Synod of Dort (1618–19)
&nb
sp; Dutch Revolt
Dyle Line
East Francia
East Indies
Eastern Orthodox Church
Eben-Emael
Ebert, Friedrich
Ebhardt, Bodo
Eckhout, Albert: Two Brazilian Tortoises
Eden, Garden of
Edict of Nantes, Revocation of (1685)
Edward III, Duke of Bar
Edward III, King of England
Edward IV, King of England
Edward VI, King of England
Edward VII, King of England
Edward the Black Prince
Egmont, Arnold of
Ehrenbreitstein
Eiffel Tower
Eijsden
Einhard
El Escorial (‘the Griddle’)
Elba
Elizabeth, Empress of Austria
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Emicho, Count
Engelbert II, Count of Nassau
England
and Flemish trade
and France
and the Netherlands
and Spain
English Channel
Dunkirk evacuation (1940)
Entente Cordiale (1904)
First World War
Spanish Armada (1588)
English Civil War (1642–51)
English College, Douai
English Republic
Ensor, James
Entente Cordiale (1904)
Erasmus
Ernst-August, Elector of Hanover
Erthal, Friedrich Karl von, Prince-Elector and Archbishop of Mainz
Erzberger, Matthias
Esperanto
Essen
Essen, Abbey of
Ettelheim
Eucharius, St
Eugénie de Montijo, Empress
Eupen
Eustace II, Count of Boulogne
Eustace III, Count of Boulogne
Eve
famines
Famine and Fall of Jerusalem, The (tapestry)
Farel, Guillaume
Farnborough
Feast of the Pheasant, Lille
Fellini, Federico
Fencers, Guild of
Feodorovna, Alexandra
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand II, King of Aragon
Ferdinand II, King of Castile
Fernandez d’Almada, Rodrigo
First World War
Arras
and the break up of German territories
Cassell
casualties
end of
graveyards and monuments
Habsburg Empire
opening stages
outbreak
run up to
trenches
unresolved nature
First Zionist Congress (1897)
Flanders
famine
floods
Gallia Belgica
Louis XI
name of,
suggested British protectorate
trade
see also Zeelandic Flanders
Flanders, Counts of
Flanders, County of
Flanders, Duchy of
Flanders, Margrave of
Fleurus, Battle of (1793)
Flevoland
floods
Florence, Siege of (1529–30)
‘Florentine, The’
Floris, Frans
Flushing (Vlissingen)
Foch, General Ferdinand
Fontainebleau, Treaty of (1814)
Forêts, Département des
Formosus, Pope
Forster, Georg
Fort de l’Heurt
Fort Remmekens
Fort-Louis on the Rhine
fossils
Fouquet, Jean
France
Arab incursions into
and the Austrian Netherlands
and the Black Death
and Britain
and Burgundy
Capetian dynasty
and Charlemagne
Concordat of Worms (1122)
and England
and the First World War
and Flanders
and the ‘Fronde’ rebellion
geography
and Germany
and the Holy Roman Empire
and the Hundred Years War
and Italy
and Lorraine
and Louis XI
and Louis XIV
and Luxembourg
and the Maginot Line
and Mexico
monarchy
Muslim invasions
and Napoleon III
personifications of
and Philip the Good
and Protestantism
and Prussia
Revolution see French Revolution
Russo-French alliance
and the Schmalkaldic League
and the Second World War
and the Siege of Strasbourg (1870)
and Spain
and the Thirty Years War
and US independence
Wagner in
see also Burgundy; Vichy regime; West Francia
Franche-Comté
and Chalon-Arlay
and Charles V
and Louis XIV
and Philip the Good
Treaty of Senlis (1493)
see also Burgundy, County of
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (Francis I of Austria)
Francken, Frans II: Christ Among the Scribes
Franco-Prussian War (1870–71)
Alsace-Lorraine
Séré de Rivieres system
Franconia
Frankfurt
Iron Age remains
Frankfurt City Museum
Frankish Empire
Franks
Salian
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria
Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria
Frederick I, King of Prussia
Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II, King of Prussia (‘the Great’)
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick III of Simmern, Elector Palatine
Frederick IV, Duke of Austria
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
Frederick William II, King of Prussia
Frederick William III, King of Prussia
Free Imperial Cities
Freiburg-im-Breisgau
Minster
French language
French Republic
French Revolution (1789)
Frey, Agnes
Fribourg funicular railway
Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg
Friedrich III, German Emperor
Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia
Friesland
Froeschwiller, Battle of (1870)
Froissart, Jean
‘Fronde’ rebellion (1648–53)
Fugger banking family
Fürstenburg, Dukes of
Further Austria
Gallait, Louis
The Abdication of Charles V
Gallia Belgica
Gau Moselland
Gau Westmark
Gaul
Gaulle, Charles de
Gaye, Marvin
gebuurten (neighbourhood associations)
Gelderland
and Charles V
Dutch province
famine (1315)
‘plaggen soiling’
Spanish Truce (1609)
Gellée, Claude
Geneva, Lake
George, St
George I, King of England
George III, King
of England
George IV, King of England (formerly Prince Regent)
Germaine of Foix
German army
First World War
Second World War
German Confederation
German Empire
German navy
German Republic
Germania Inferior
Germania Superior
Germania (Winder)
Germanic tribes
Germans’ Gate, Metz
Germany
and Amsterdam
and Belgium
and the Black Death
and the Centre Party
Concordat of Worms (1122)
‘Confederation’
and the Entente Cordiale (1904)
Federal Republic
and the First World War
fort complexes
and France
and the Great Peasants’ War (1524–5)
and Hitler’s rise to power
and hyperinflation
itinerant monarchy
and Louis XIV
paganism
and Prussia
Rhine Occupation
and the Second World War
Saarland see Saarland
united
war atrocities of
and Wilhelm II’s departure
see also West Germany
Gersau, Republic of
Ghent
barrier fortresses
Dürer visits
English trade
gebuurten
and the ‘Great Privilege’
iconoclasm
and Joseph II
name of
and religion
St Bavo’s Abbey
street scenes
Gillray, James
Gisela of Swabia, Empress
Glauberg
Godefroy of Bouillon
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Golden Bull (1356)
Golden Fleece, Order of
Goldsmiths, Guild of
Goltz, Colmar Freiherr von der (Goltz Pasha)
Gomarism
Gorguet, Auguste François-Marie
Gort, John Vereker,th Viscount
Goscinny, René
Gospel, manuscript copies of
Gossaert, Jan
Gouda
Grandson Castle
Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de, Count of
Grasdorp, Jan
grave goods
Gravensteen
‘Great Animal of Maastricht, The’
Great Church, Breda
Great Church, Holland Deep, Dordrecht
Great Church, Zwolle
Great Fire of London (1666)
Great League of Upper Germany
Great Minster, Zürich
Great North Sea Storm (1953)
Great Peasants’ War (1524–5)
‘Great Privilege’ (1477)
Great Schism (1378)
Great Spermist Controversy
Grégoire, Henri, Abbé
Gregory VII, Pope
Grenier, Pasquier
Grien, Hans Baldung
Grimmelshausen, Hans von
Groeninge Museum, Bruges
Grünewald, Matthias: Isenheim Altarpiece
Guelders, Duchy of
guilds, armed: see also named guilds
Guisan, General Henri
gun-making
gunpowder
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden
Gutenberg (Gensfleisch), Johannes
Habsburg Castle
Habsburg dynasty
abdication
and Amsterdam
