A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485

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by Vincent, Nicholas


  Fécamp 1, 2, 3, 4

  finance 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39

  see also Exchequer; land ownership; Magna Carta; taxes and subsidies; trade and export

  Fine Roll 1

  firearms and cannons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  fish 1, 2, 3, 4

  Flambard, Ranulph 1

  Flanders and Flemings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

  Foliot, Gilbert 1

  Fontevraud nunnery 1, 2

  food 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  see also famine

  forests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  France 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103

  see also Normandy

  frankpledge system 1

  Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  fuel 1, 2

  Fulford, Battle of (1066) 1

  Gaimar, Geoffrey 1

  Gascony 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

  Gaveston, Piers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Geoffrey (son of Henry II) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Geoffrey of Monmouth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  George, duke of Clarence (Edward IV’s brother) 1, 2, 3

  Gerald of Wales 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Germany 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  Glastonbury Abbey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Gloucester bishopric and peerage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33

  Glyn Dwr, Owen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Godwin, Earl 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Godwinson, Harold 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

  Godwinson, Harold (son of King Harold) 1

  Godwinson, Tostig 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Godwinson family 1, 2, 3

  government 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 449, 31, 32, 33, 34, 477

  see also Church and Christianity; finance; laws and courts; Magna Carta; military organization and campaigns; Parliament; taxes and subsidies; individual Kings by name

  Gregory ‘the Great’, Pope 1

  Gregory VII, Pope 1, 2

  Grosseteste, Robert 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Gruffydd, King of Wales 1

  ap Gruffydd, Dafydd 1, 2, 3

  ap Gruffydd, Llywelyn 1, 2, 3

  Gurdun, Adam 1

  Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire 1

  hairstyles 1, 2, 3

  Halidon Hill, Battle of (1333) 1

  Harclay, Andrew 1

  Harding, Robert fitz 1

  Harfleur 1, 2, 3, 4

  Harold Hardrada, King of Norway 1, 2

  Harold ‘Harefoot’, King 1, 2, 3, 4

  Harold, King see Godwinson, Harold

  harrying of the north 1, 2, 3, 4

  Harthacnut (son of Cnut) 1, 2

  Hastings, Battle of (1066) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  see also Godwinson, Harold; Normans; William I ‘the Conqueror’

  Hattin, Battle of (1187) 1, 2

  health 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

  Henry I, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

  Henry II, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37

  Henry III, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

  Henry IV, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  Henry V, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  Henry VI, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  Henry VII, King 1, 2, 3

  Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor 1, 2, 3

  Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor 1, 2, 3

  Henry ‘the Young King’ (son of Henry II) 1

  Henry of Huntingdon 1, 2, 3

  heraldry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Herbert, William fitz 1

  Hereford bishopric and earls 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  heresy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Hereward the Wake 1, 2

  Holland, Thomas 1

  horses 1, 2, 3, 4

  Hose family 1, 2

  housing 1, 2

  Hugh of Avranches 1, 2

  Humphrey, duke of Gloucester 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Hundred Years War 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  ‘Hundreds Rolls’ enquiry 1

  hunting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Innocent III, Pope 1, 2, 3, 4

  Investiture Contest 1

  Ireland 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39

  Isabella, Queen (wife of Edward II) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Isabella, Queen (wife of King John) 1, 2

  Islam 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  see also Crusades

  Italy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

  James VI and I, King 1, 2

  Jean II, King of France 1, 2, 3

  Jerusalem 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

  Jews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  Joan ‘Fair Maid of Kent’ 1

  Joan of Arc 1

  John, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

  John of Gaunt 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  John, duke of Bedford 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  John, earl of Atholl 1

  John of Salisbury 1, 2

  John of Worcester 1

  Joseph of Arimathaea 1, 2, 3

  Kempe, Margery 1

  Kent peerage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  King’s Langley 1, 2, 3

  kingship 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

  see also government; individual kings by name

  knights 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

  La Trinité Abbey, Caen 1, 2

  Lancaster estate and peerage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

  see also Edward of Lancaster; John of Gaunt

  land ownership 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

  see also Domesday Books and survey; finances

  Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  Langland, William see Piers Plowman

  Langton, Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  languages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  laws and courts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

  see also crimes and outlaws; executions; government; Magna Carta; Parliament

  Leofricsons 1, 2, 3

  leprosy 1, 2, 3

  Lewes, Battle of (1264) 1

  light and optics 1, 2, 3

  Lincoln, Battle of (1141) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Lincoln, Battle of (1217) 1, 2

  Lincoln Cathedral and bishopric 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

  see also Grosseteste, Robert

  Lionel of Antwerp 1, 2, 3

  Lisle, Thomas 1, 2

  literature see books and w
ritings (historical)

  livery 1, 2, 3

  livestock 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Lollardy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  London 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34

  see also Tower of London; Westminster Abbey

  Longchamps, William 1, 2, 3

  Longespée, William 1

  Lords Appellant 1, 2, 3, 4

  Louis VI, King of France 1, 2

  Louis VII, King of France 1, 2, 3, 4

  Louis IX, King of France 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Louis XI, King of France 1

  Low Countries 1, 2, 3, 4

  Lud, King 1

  Lusignans 1, 2, 3

  Luttrell Psalter 1

  machinery 1, 2

  see also weaponry

  Magna Carta 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Maine 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  maintenance see land ownership

  Malcolm III, King of Scotland 1

  Maldon, Battle of (991) 1, 2

  Malmesbury, William of 1, 2, 3, 4

  Malory, Thomas 1

  Mandeville, Geoffrey de 1

  Mandeville, William de 1

  Map, Walter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Margaret, Queen (first wife of Henry I) 1

  Margaret, Queen (wife of Henry VI) 1, 2, 3, 463, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Margaret ‘Maid of Norway’ 1

  Mark, Philip, sheriff of Nottingham 1, 2

  Marshal, Richard 1, 2

  Marshal, William 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Matilda, Queen (wife of William I ‘the Conqueror’) 1, 2

  Matilda, Queen (wife of Henry I) 1, 2, 3

  Matilda, Empress (daughter of Henry I) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  mercenaries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Mercia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  military organization and campaigns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

  see also France; knights; navy; Normandy; William I ‘the Conqueror’; individual battles

  milling 1, 2, 3, 4

  mining 1, 2, 3

  monasteries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35

  see also cathedrals by name; Church and Christianity; nunneries; papal authority; universities and colleges

  money see coinage; finance; taxes and subsidies

  Montfort, John de 1

  Montfort, Simon de 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Moreville, Hugh de 1, 2, 3

  Mortimer family 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Mortimer’s Cross, Battle of (1461) 1, 2

  Mowbray family 1, 2, 3, 4

  music 1

  myths see Arthur, King; Geoffrey of Monmouth; Glastonbury Abbey; Robin Hood; superstition and sorcery

  names 1, 2, 3

  national identity 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  navy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  see also military organization and campaigns

  Neville, Richard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Nicholas IV, Pope 1

  Nigel, Richard fitz 1, 2

  Norfolk peerage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Norman Conquest see Hastings, Battle of (1066); Normans; William I ‘the Conqueror’

  Normandy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53

  see also France; William I ‘the Conqueror’

  Normans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

  see also individual kings by name

  Northumbria/Northumberland estate and earls 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Norway 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Norwich Castle 1, 2

  Norwich Cathedral and bishopric 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

  Norwich, William of 1, 2

  nunneries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Odo, bishop of Bayeux 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Olafson, Magnus ‘Barefoot’ 1

  Oldcastle, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Opus Anglicanum (English Work) 1, 2, 3

  Order of the Garter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Orford Castle, Suffolk 1

  Osbern, William fitz 1

  Osbert, William ‘Longbeard’ fitz 1

  Oxford 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  paganism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  papal authority 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

  see also cathedrals by name; Church and Christianity; monasteries; nunneries; individual popes by name

  Paris 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Paris, Matthew 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Parliament 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32

  see also government; laws and courts

  Paston family 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  peasants and peasant revolt (1381) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  see also agriculture; Black Death

  Pecham, John, archbishop of Canterbury 1, 2

  Pembroke estate and peerage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Percy family 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Perrers, Alice 1, 2, 3

  Peterborough Abbey and bishopric 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Philip Augustus, King of France 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Philip IV, King of France 1, 2

  Philip VI, King of France 1, 2, 3

  Philippa, Queen (wife of Edward III) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  philosophy 1

  physicians 1, 2

  Piers Plowman 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Pipe Rolls 1, 2, 3

  Plantagenet, Geoffrey, count of Anjou 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Poitiers, Battle of (1356) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Poitou 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Pole (de la) family 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Pontefract castle 1, 2, 3

  Ponthieu 1, 2, 3, 4

  popes see Church and Christianity; papal authority; individual popes by name

  population size 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Portugal 1

  prostitution 1, 2, 3

  Pulteney, John 1

  Ralph, earl of East Anglia 1, 2

  Raphael, John 1

  Reading Abbey and bishopric 1, 2

  relics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

  religion see cathedrals by name; Church and Christianity; Crusades; Islam; Jews; Lollardy; monasteries; nunneries; papal authority

  Repyndon, Philip 1, 2, 3

  Reynolds, Walter, archbishop of Canterbury 1

  Rheims 1, 2, 3, 4

  Rhys, Lord 1

  Richard I ‘the Lionheart’, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

  Richard II, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

  Richard III, King 1, 2, 3

  Richard (son of William I ‘the Conqueror’) 1

  Richard, duke of York 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Richard I, Duke of Normandy 1, 2, 3

  Richard II, Duke of Normandy 1, 2

  Richard, earl of Cornwall (Henry III’s brother) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Richard of Stainsby 1

  Richard of Woodstock (son of Edward IV) 1

  Richard ‘Strongbow’, earl of Pembroke 1

  Ripley, George 1

  rivers and seas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  roads and bridges 1, 2

  Robert III, King of Scotland 1

  Robert ‘Curthose’, (son of William I ‘the Conqueror’) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Robert, Duke of Normandy 1, 2, 3

  Robert, count of
Flanders 1

  Robert, earl of Gloucester 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Robert II, archbishop of Rouen 1

  Robert of Jumièges, archbishop of Canterbury 1, 2

  Robert of Mortain 1, 2, 3, 4

  Robin Hood 1, 2, 3, 4

  Roches, Peter des 1, 2, 3

  Roger, earl of Hereford 1

  Roger of Howden 1

  Roger of Montgomery 1, 2, 3

  Roger of Salisbury 1, 2, 3

  Roger of Wendover 1

  Rollo 1, 2, 3, 4

  Roman Empire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

  Rome 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  Rouen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

  Rous, John 1

  St George 1

  St Michael 1, 2, 3

  St Thomas see Becket, Thomas

  Saladin, Emperor 1, 2

  Salisbury Cathedral and bishopric and peerage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  Saracens 1, 2, 3

  Sarum bishopric 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  see also Salisbury

  Savoy Palace 1, 2

  Savoyards 1, 2, 3, 4

  Sawtre, William 1, 2

  science 1, 2

  Scotland 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47

  Scrope, Richard, archbishop of York 1, 2

  sex 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

  sheep see livestock

  shipping 1, 2, 3, 4

  see also navy; rivers and seas

  Shrewsbury, Battle of (1403) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Sicily 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  slavery 1

  Somerset peerage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Song of the Battle of Hastings 1, 2, 3

  Spain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  spectacles 1

  spying 1

  St Albans Abbey and bishopric 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  St Albans, Battle of (1455) 1, 2

  St Albans, Battle of (1461) 1, 2, 3

  St Brice’s Day Massacre 1, 2

  Stamford Bridge, Battle of (1066) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Standard, Battle of the (1138) 1

  Stapledon, Walter 1

  Stephen, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

 

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