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A History of Britain - Volume 1: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD 1603

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by Simon Schama

Henry III 143, 144, 147–60 passim, 165, 221, 225, 227

  Henry IV 226–7

  Henry V 206, 227–8, 235, 242

  Henry VI 228, 235

  Henry VII 229, 234–6, 241, 243, 294

  Henry VIII 234, 236, 240–64, 269, 280, 284, 294–5

  and Anne Boleyn 244–52, 259–61

  and Catherine of Aragon 241, 244, 248, 249, 251, 258, 284

  and Church 244, 252–4 passim, 263

  and Scotland 242, 294, 295

  Henry II of France 294–5 III of France 311

  Henry, Earl of Huntingdon 175

  Henry the Younger, son of Henry II 122, 123, 125, 128, 132, 133

  Heraclius, Patriarch of Jerusalem 135

  Herbert of Bosham 120, 123, 124

  Hereward the Wake 97

  hill forts 26–7

  Holbein, Hans 247, 263, 264

  Homily of State of Matrimony 288

  Honorius, Emperor 42

  Hooper, John, Bishop of Gloucester 272

  Howard, Catherine 264, 280

  Thomas, 3rd Duke of Norfolk 242, 251, 260–5 passim

  Thomas, 4th Duke 306–9 passim

  Hugh of Lincoln 171

  Hunne, Richard 239

  Iceni 30, 33

  inheritance, of property 99, 138

  Innocent III, Pope 140–1

  interdicts 141, 152

  invasions

  French 143, 157, 209

  Norman 83, 85, 86, 88–103

  Roman 27–31 passim

  Scots 195, 200–1

  Spanish 316, 320, 323–5

  Iona 48, 49, 53, 54

  Ireland 21, 41, 47–8, 106, 114, 129, 131–2, 144, 145, 161–2, 188–9, 201, 225, 329

  Dal Riata (Scoti) 41, 43, 45, 47, 48

  war with 114, 131–2, 225, 329

  Iron Age 26–31

  Ironside, Edmund 65

  Isabella of Spain 241, 242

  Isabella, Queen 190, 191, 194

  Islam 54

  Isle of Wight, sack of 74

  James IV of Scotland 242

  V 294

  VI and I of England 300, 302, 317, 331

  James the Stewart 177–9 passim

  James of St George, Master 170

  Jarrow monastery 49–51 passim, 54

  Jesuits 316, 317, 330

  Jews, in England 112, 129, 135, 150, 158, 170–1, 201

  Joan, daughter of King John 162, 163

  Joan of Arc 228

  Joan of Kent 211, 215, 216

  John, King 128, 134, 136–44 passim, 147, 152, 253

  John of Gaunt 205, 209–12 passim, 215, 216, 219, 221–4 passim

  John of Reading 202

  John of Salisbury 126

  John of Worcester 82

  Julius Caesar 27–9 passim 31

  Jumièges, abbey 72, 75

  Robert of 72, 73, 84

  William of 83

  juries 66, 114, 130

  justice system 142, 232

  Anglo-Saxon 60, 66

  Henry II 114, 129–30

  Jutes 44, 45

  Kalendar of Shepherdes, The 238

  Kenilworth Castle 151, 160, 312–13

  Kenneth I of Scotland 59

  Kett, Robert 268

  King’s College, Cambridge 235

  kingship 59–61, 114, 117, 221–4

  Scottish 78

  Knighton, Henry 199, 202, 203

  knights of shires 144, 153, 158, 161, 210

  Knollys, Francis 289, 305 Lettice 313

  Knox, John (First Blast of the Trumpet etc.) 287–8, 295, 298

  labour 98, 163, 198, 204, 208, 211, 230

  Statute of Labourers 211

  Lancaster, 1st Duke of see John of Gaunt

  Lancaster, Earl Thomas of 190

  Lanfranc of Bee 83–4

  Langland, William 209

  Langside, battle of 303

  Langton, Stephen 128, 141

  Latimer, Hugh, Bishop of Worcester 272

  law/legal system 60, 66–7, 114, 118, 129–30, 142, 144, 165, 170, 176, 232

  Lee, Sir Henry 319, 328

  Leo IV, Pope 61

  Lewes, battle of 156–7

  Song of 160

  Lindisfarne 51–2, 54

  Llewellyn ap Gruffydd 159, 162, 163, 165–7 passim

  ab Iorwerth 163

  Lollards 205, 240, 255

  London 30, 41, 59, 95, 112, 115, 142, 143, 155, 156, 190, 198, 200, 270

  Tower of 96, 115, 148, 156

  Longchamp, William, Bishop of Ely 135–6

  Long Melford church, Suffolk 236–8 passim

  Lords Appellant 220–1, 224

  Louis VII of France 110, 111, 116, 123, 133

  VIII 143

  XII 245

  Lusignans 149, 153–5 passim

  Luther, Martin 238, 241, 251, 253

  Lydgate, John 203

  Lyons, Richard 209

  Lyveden New Bield 330–1

  Mabinogion, The 169

  Macaulay, Thomas Babington 19, 20

  Macbeth of Scotland 77–8

  MacMurrough, Art 225

  Magna Carta 128, 141–4 passim, 147, 149, 217

  Magnus I of Norway 70, 86

  Maid of Norway 172–3

  Maitland, Sir William 298, 300

  Malcolm II of Scotland 78

  III 78, 81, 82, 97, 98, 107

  IV 130

  Maldon, battle of 64

  Mantes, sack of 101–2

  Marcher lords 131, 159, 162, 165, 167

  Mare, Peter de la, Speaker 210

  Margaret of Austria 245

  Margaret Tudor 242, 294

  Marsh, Adam 151

  Marshal, William 143, 144

  Martyn, Roger 236–7

  martyrs, Marian 272–3

  Mary I 270–4 passim, 284, 285, 287, 289

  as Princess 244–6 passim, 249, 256, 259, 261, 268–70 passim

  Mary of Guise 287, 294–6

  Mary, Queen of Scots 274, 294–303, 305–7, 317–22

  claim to English throne 296–7, 305, 317–18, 320

  Mary Rose 264

  Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII 269, 246

  Matilda, Empress 106, 108, 109, 112

  Matilda, Queen 107

  Mautby, Margaret 231

  Maximus II, Pope 61

  McElwee (The Story of England) 15

  Medina-Sidonia, Duke of 325

  Mercia 56, 59, 65

  Earls of 68, 70, 73, 74, 77; see also Morcar

  Merlin 105–6, 143

  Moleyn, Lord 231

  monasteries 50, 54, 201, 235, 254, 257–8, 261

  visitations 257–8

  Monkwearmouth monastery 50, 54

  Mons Graupius, battle of 34

  Montfort, Simon de 146, 150–62

  passim, 165, 184, 190

  Elinor 165, 166

  Montgomery, Treaty of 165

  Moray, Earl of 295, 298, 302, 303, 305, 306

  Morcar, Earl of Mercia 81, 82, 87, 94, 96, 97

  More, Sir Thomas 236, 240, 251, 252, 254–7 passim

  Mortimer, Roger 159, 190, 191

  Morton, Earl of 298, 300

  Morton, John, Bishop of Ely 235

  Morville, Hugh de 126

  Mount Badon, battle of 44

  Mowbray, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 219, 224

  Murray, Andrew 179, 180

  Mussis, Gabriele de 196

  nativism 145, 149

  Nennius 44

  Nero, Emperor 33

  Neolithic period 24–7

  Netherlands 295, 309, 313, 315–17, 323

  Nevile, Peter de 158

  Neville’s Cross, battle of 195

  Nicholas II, Pope 84

  Norfolk, Duke of 231 see also Howard; Mowbray

  Norham Abbey 173–4

  Normandy/Normans 68–9, 71, 79, 83, 85, 86, 88–103, 112, 139–40, 143–4, 147, 155, 242

  Norsemen 53, 56–8 see also Vikings

  Northern Earls’ Rising 307–9

  Nort
humberland, Earls of 225, 247, 308 see also Dudley, John

  Northumbria 56, 57, 59, 81, 82, 180

  Earl of 68, 70, 72–5 passim, 80

  oath-taking 73, 79–80, 101, 154, 155, 177, 256

  Odo, Bishop 78, 89, 100, 102

  Ordinance of the Magnates 154

  Orkney 24–7, 31, 65, 77, 78, 173

  Brodgar stone circle 25

  Gurness 27

  Maes Howe 25

  Skara Brae 24–6

  Oswald, King of Bernicia 49

  Our Lady ofWalsingham 236, 262

  Oxford, Provisions of 153–5 passim, 158, 190

  Oxnead Hall, Norfolk 230–1

  Paris, Matthew (Chronica Majora) 152, 153

  Parliaments 148, 149, 158, 191, 207–9 passim, 220–1, 226, 228, 254, 256, 270, 317

  Commons 191, 209, 211, 219, 239

  Good 208–9, 211

  ‘Merciless’ 221

  Speaker 210

  Parma, Duke of 315, 324

  Parr, Catherine 264, 269, 280, 282, 283

  Pastons of Norfolk 230–2

  Patrick, St 47, 48, 53

  Paulet, Amyas 318, 319, 321

  Peasants’ Revolt 211–18, 232, 262

  Pecham, John, Archbishop of Canterbury 167

  Percys 289, 307

  Henry 247

  Perrers, Alice 208, 209

  Peter of Blois 116

  Philip Augustus of France 134, 136–7, 139–41 passim

  Philip IV of France 176, 194

  VI 194

  Philip II of Spain 271–3 passim, 285, 290, 293, 320, 323–5 passim

  Pickering, Sir William 290

  Picts 28, 36, 41, 43, 54, 106

  Pilgrimage of Grace 261–2, 308

  Pius V, Pope 308, 317

  plague 193–207, 209, 228, 232, 265–6, 268

  Platter, Thomas 279

  Pole, Cardinal 270

  Pole, Michael de la 219, 221

  poor laws 310

  population 115, 197–8, 310

  Praemunire, statute of 230, 254

  Prasutagus, King of Iceni 33

  Prestwich, Michael 171

  priests, Catholic 238, 267, 274, 317

  marriage of 254, 263, 267

  ‘prodigy houses’ 312, 330

  progresses, royal 310–11, 330

  Protestantism 244, 263–8, 271–4 passim, 286, 315, 316, 328

  in Scotland 295, 298, 301, 303

  Queen Majesty’s Passage, The 286

  Raedwald of East Anglia 46

  Ralegh, Walter 327, 329

  Ralf the Timid 71, 72

  rebellion 81, 96–7, 133–4, 141–2, 228, 268, 317 see also Northern Earls’; Peasants’ Revolt; Pilgrimage of Grace

  Bolingbroke 225–6

  Carausius 40–1

  Kett’s 268

  de Montfort 150–62 passim

  Scottish 179–80

  Southwest 268

  Venutius 35

  Wyatt’s 271

  reform

  church 235–6, 238–9, 263, 265, 266

  parliamentary 146, 150, 152–8, 161, 209

  Reformation 233–4, 238–9, 254–5, 262–7 passim, 270

  counter- 270–4, 289

  Regnenses 30

  Rhuddlan, Statute of 168

  Rhys ap Gruffydd 131

  Riccardi 170

  Riccio, David 298, 299

  Richard I 130, 133–8

  Richard II 209, 210, 212, 215–27 passim, 229, 262

  Richard III 229, 230, 235

  Richard of Devizes 135

  Richard, Duke of Normandy 68

  Ridley, Nicholas, Bishop of London 272

  Ridolfi, Roberto 309

  riots

  anti-Catholic 293

  food 329

  Robert Curthose 102, 107

  Robert, Duke of Normandy 69, 71

  Robert, Earl of Gloucester 106, 108

  Robert of Mortain 102

  Robin Hood 211

  Roger of Pont l’Évêque, Archbishop of York 121, 125, 128

  Roger of Wendover 141

  Rollo the Viking 68

  Romans 27–45 passim, 61

  Rome, sack of 42, 250

  Ruaidri Ua Conchobair 130

  Ruthven, Lord 299

  Sampford Courtenay, battle of 268

  Santa Cruz, Admiral 324

  Savoy Palace, burning of 216, 232

  Saxons 43–6 passim, 105–6

  Shore forts 41

  Scarinelli, Venetian

  Ambassador 279

  Scotland 21, 34–6 passim, 45, 54, 59, 78, 98, 107, 114, 129, 130, 145, 161–3, 172–89, 200–1, 220, 242, 294–303, 332

  and England 129–30, 173–4, 176–83, 220, 294–5; war with 78, 98, 114, 176–86, 242, 294–6

  and France 176, 189, 242, 294

  Guardians of the Realm 173, 174, 180

  Lords of the Congregation 295

  Scotichronicon 178

  Stone of Destiny 177, 210, 294

  Senlach, battle of see Hastings

  serfdom, end of 204–5, 217

  Sewale, Sir John 215

  Seymour, Edward, Duke of Somerset 265, 268, 282–4 passim, 291

  Jane 261

  Thomas, Lord High Admiral 282–4 passim

  Shakespeare, William 219, 222, 225–8 passim, 331

  sheriffs 144, 153, 155, 170, 218

  Shetland 27

  Shore, Jane 229

  Sicily 152

  Six Articles 263

  Skara Brae 24–6

  Sluys, battle of 195

  Smeaton, Mark 259–60

  Smythson, Robert 330

  Solway Moss, battle of 294

  Spain 16, 54, 242, 271–2, 295, 309, 313, 315–17 passim, 323–5

  Armada 323–5

  raid on Cadiz 323–4

  Spenser, Edmund 329

  Spurs, battle of the 242

  St Albans, battle of 44

  Stamford Bridge, battle of 87–8

  Stephen, King 106, 108, 111

  Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury 81, 84, 94, 95

  Stirling Bridge, battle of 179

  Stow, John 200

  Stubbs, John (A Discoverie of a Gaping Gulf etc.) 314

  Sturlasson, Snorri 87

  succession 73, 79, 82, 107, 122, 150, 224–5, 256, 269, 280, 284, 285, 296, 297, 303–5 passim, 307, 317–18

  in Scotland 172–5 passim

  Sudbury, Simon, Archbishop of Canterbury 212, 215, 217, 218

  supremacy, royal see Church of England

  Sutton Hoo ship burial 46

  Sweyn I of Denmark 65 II 96, 97

  Tacitus 23, 27, 28, 34–6 passim

  Talbot, George, Earl of Shrewsbury 306, 317

  Tame, John 234

  taxation 141–2, 148, 170, 171, 191, 198, 208, 211–12, 228, 329

  poll 211–12

  Templars 156

  Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury 114, 117

  This Sceptred Isle 19–20

  Thomas, Earl of Lancaster 190

  Thorfinn, Earl of Orkney 78

  Thorkell the Tall 65, 67

  Throckmorton, Nicholas 296

  Tiberius, Emperor 29

  Togidubnus, King of Regnenses 31, 38

  tombs 25–6, 206 see also individual entries

  transi- 206–7

  Torrigiano, Pietro 235

  Tracy, William 126, 127

  trade 27, 30, 111, 115, 163, 208

  Tresham, Sir Thomas 330–1

  Tresilian, Robert 221

  Trinovantes 29

  Tryggvason, Olaf 64, 65

  Tyler, Wat 213, 216, 217

  Tyndale, William 240, 252

  Tyrwhit, Sir Robert 283

  Ui Neill 48

  unemployment 273, 329

  Uniformity, Act of 268, 274

  urban life 39, 198–200

  Valence, William de, Earl of Pembroke 154

  Vere, Robert de 219, 221

  Vikings 52–60 passim, 64–5, 68–9, 86–8
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  Virgil 30

  Vitalis, Orderic 95–8 passim, 100, 102–3

  Vortigern 43, 105–6, 143

  Wace 80, 92, 98

  wages 204, 211, 310

  Wales 21, 34, 45, 77, 96–7, 129, 131, 144, 145, 161–70

  laws of Hwel Dada 162

  Prince of 163, 168

  rebellion in 77, 96–7

  war with 77, 107, 165–8

  Wallace, Malcolm 177

  William 177–81 passim

  Walsingham, Francis 306, 314–28 passim, 330

  Walter, Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury 128

  Waltham Abbey 103

  Walworth, William 215–18 passim

  war

  civil 106, 108–9, 133–4, 143, 150, 156–60, 162, 188

  in Netherlands 315–17

  of religion 234, 261, 268–74, 308

  of Roses 228–31 passim

  with France 134, 141, 194–5, 228, 242, 244

  with Ireland 114, 131–2, 225, 329

  with Scotland 78, 98, 114, 176–86, 242, 294–6

  with Spain 323–5

  with Wales 77, 107, 165–8

  Warenne, William de 177, 179

  Warham, William, Archbishop of Canterbury 254

  Warwick, Black Book of 311

  Warwick, Elizabeth I visit to 310–11

  Warwick, Earl of 215, 219, 220, 223

  ‘Kingmaker’ 229, 234

  weather 23, 29, 324–5

  Wessex 56–9 passim, 64–5, 68

  Westminster Abbey 25, 81, 95, 148, 190, 210, 235, 294

  Hall 148, 152, 176, 220

  Westmorland, Earl of 308

  Whitby, Synod of 49

  White Ship 107, 111

  Whitehall Palace 253

  Wilfrid, St, Archbishop of York 50

  William I 95–103, 107

  Duke of Normandy 71, 73, 74, 78–80, 82–9, 92–5 passim William II 102, 107

  William IX, Duke of Aquitaine 110–11

  William the Atheling 107

  William the Lion of Scotland 129, 130

  William of Poitiers 98

  William the Silent 315, 316, 318

  Willoughby, Sir Robert 330

  Wilton Diptych 222

  Windsor, St George’s Chapel 194, 195

  Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow 179, 180, 182

  witan 68, 70, 71, 73, 82, 83, 95, 98, 99

  Wollaton Hall, Nottingham 330

  Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas 240, 242–3, 245, 247, 250, 251, 255, 258

  Woodville, Elizabeth 229

  Wulfstan, Archbishop ofYork 67

  Wyatt, Henry 247

  Thomas 247, 248, 260–1

  Thomas (son) 271, 284

  Wyclif, John 205, 240

  Yevele, Henry 207

  Yolande of Dreux 172

  York 53, 54, 56, 87, 97, 106, 135, 171

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