ACRE, arrival of the Crusaders at, 273 Adela, daughter of Wm. the Conqueror, 191; her sons Stephen and Henry, ib. Agincourt, battle of, 468; striking and stir. ring pictures of, 472; dramatised by Shak- spere, 475; on the slaughter of the French prisoners at, 484
Agriculture of the Anglo-Saxons, 120 Aids, the levying of, prohibited by Magna Charta, 265
Alban, St., account of, 34; persecutions of,
35; his martyrdom, ib. ; sonnet to, 36 Alfred, biographical notices of, 62; his strug- gles and exalted character, 63; his abilities and wise policy, 66; his wise legislation, 67; the first scholar in his dominions, 67; an elegant poet, 68; his varied accom plishments and qualifications, 69 et seq. "Alfred the Fugitive," a drama, 72 et seq. Alfric, Bp., the best philologist of his age, 69 Aliens, quarrels with, 580 et seq. Alnwick, castle of, 163
Anglo-Saxon literature, on the study of, 62 Anglo-Saxon period of British history, 42 Anglo-Saxons, anarchy among the, 85; op- pressed by the Danes, 87; their slaughter of the Danes, ib.; industry of the, 120; their fishing, 121; their clothing, 123; their bread, ib.; their wine, 124; their handicrafts, 126; chronological list of their kings, 128; chronological history of the, 130; their contests with the Danes, 131, 132
Anne, sister of the Duke of Cleves, married to Henry VIII., 573 Anne Boleyn, espoused by Henry VIII., 572; trial and execution of, 573; the fall of, as related by Hume, 535; her letter, 588; Milman's tragedy of, E589-598 Antoninus, makes a truce with the Britons, 33 Augustin, sent as a missionary to England, 57; appointed primate of all England, 58 Aquitaine, English power in, 380
Arthur, son of Constance of Bretagne, a competitor for the throne of England, 291; murdered by his uncle John, 293; drama- tic scenes of, 294 et seq.; Shakspere's dramatic scenes of, 300; story of, by Holin- shed, ib.
Arthur and Hubert, dramatic scenes of, 294 et seq.
Asers, from Asiatic Tartary, 42
Asser, the monk of St. David's, invited to Alfred's court, 64
Athelstan, the Anglo-Saxon king, 74; de- feats the Danes, 75; his victorious career, ib.
Athelwold, Earl, deceives King Elgar, and espouses Elfrida, 85; assassinated by King Edgar, 86
BABINGTON'S Conspiracy, 651; followed by numerous executions, 652
Bannockburn, Sir Walter Scott's account of the battle of, 368-371
Barbarians of the north, their invasions, 46, 47
Barons of England, their contentions with King John, 309; their success, 312 Barns of Ayr, 358 Battle, trial by, 252
Battle Abbey, account of, 116; foundation of, 117; desecration of, 119 Bayeux tapestry, account of the, 113; pre- served in the hotel of the Prefecture at Bayeux, 114; description of the, 114 et seq.
Beaumont and Fletcher's tragedy of "Bon- duca," scene from, 22
Bede, "the Venerable," biographical notices of, 55; selections from his "Ecclesiastical History," 56
Bericus, the Roman, 15
Bertha, queen of Ethelbert, converted to the Christian faith, 57
Bertrand de Guesclin, story of, 404 Y Y
Bible, translation of the, into English, 599 Bishoprics of England conferred on foreigners, 100
Bishops, considered in the double capacity of
clerks and barons, 236 "Bloody Statute,'
passed in the reign of
Henry VIII., 573 Bolingbroke, return of, dramatised, 416 Bolingbroke and Mowbray, banishment of, dramatised, 410 et seq.
Bonduca, the British queen, her resistance to the Romans, 18; her speeches, 19, 20; defeated by Paulinus, 21, 22; scene from the tragedy of "Bonduca," 22
Bonner, Bp. of London, his sanguinary per- secutions, 636, 637
Bosworth Field, battle of, 525 Bread, among the Anglo-Saxons, 123 Brigantes, the, 17
Britain, Cæsar's invasion of, 1 et seq.; its early history, 1; first acquaintance of the Romans with, 2; minerals of, ib.; tin of, ib.; the Celtic inhabitants of, 3; conquered by the Romans, 3; invaded by Claudius, 15; reduced to anarchy and dis- tress, 42; arrival of the Saxons in, 43; the aboriginal inhabitants expelled, 44; record of events from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 44, 45
Britons, primitive history of the, 3; their habits and customs, 6; their dress, ib.; the Caledonians and the Mæatæ the greatest among the, 30: Herodian's description of the, 32
Bruce, Robert, Earl of Carrick, his resistance to Edward I., 352
Brunan-burh, battle of, 75; Saxon song on the, 75 et seq.
Buckingham, Edward Stafford, Duke of, his trial, dramatised by Shakspere, 556; be- headed, 571
CADE, John, insurrection of, 506 Cadmon, the Saxon poet, 60; selections from, 61
Cæsar's invasion of Britain, 1; his prepara- tions, 1, 2; his landing, 4; his depar- ture, 5
Calais, siege of, by Edward III., 388 Caledonia, invaded by Severus, 30; manners and customs of the inhabitants, 30, 31 Camulodunum, the capital of Cymbeline, 6 Cangians, the, 17
Canute, the Danish king, 88; becomes king of England, ib.; his greatness as a man and a sovereign, 89; a patron of literature and poesy, ib.; his visit to Ely Abbey, 90; his letter to his Danish subjects, 91; his practical reproof to his courtiers, 92 Caractacus, the British king, captured by the Romans, 17; his noble speech, 17, 18 Carausius, put to death, 33
Carlisle, castle of, 163
Cartismandua, queen of the Brigantes, 17 Cassibelan, the British king, 16 Cassiterides, of Britain, 2
Castles of the Norman kings, 144 Catherine Howard, married to Henry VIII., 573
Catherine Parr, married to Henry VIII., 574
Celts, the great national family of, 3 Christians, martyrdom of, in Britain, 34, 35 Chronology of the Anglo-Saxon kings, 128; of English history to the battle of Has- tings, 129; of the principal events from the accession of the Conqueror to the death of Henry III., 343-348; from the accession of Edward III. to the death of Elizabeth, 671
Civilization in France, Guizot's History of,
Claudius, his invasion of Britain, 15; re-
ceives the surname of Britannicus, 16 Clergy, their greatness during the middle age, 235
Clifford, Lord, his ferocious revenge, 510 Cloth of Gold, field of the, 574 Clothing, among the Anglo-Saxons, 122 Clovis, of France, 46
Cogidunus, a British king, 17
Cornish insurrection, Lord Bacon's account of the, 538
Cranmer, Abp., rise of, 572; martyrdom of, 638
Cressy, battle of, by Froissart, 385 Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, rise of, 572; his great power, 572, 573; his trial and execution, 573; fall of, as related by Hume, 608
Crusades, Hume's account of the, 174; under Richard I., 267; great preparations for the, 268; the fleet for the prosecution of the, 269; arrival at Acre, 273; fearful loss of life, 273
Crusaders, divisions among the, 274; their departure for Jerusalem, 275, 277; op- posed by Saladin, 276
Cymbeline, Shakspere's historical drama of, 5-15; a powerful British king, 6 Cyprus, conquest of, by Richard I., 272
DANEGELDT, a tax levied for payment to the Daues, 87
Danes, their ravages in England, 64; the most accomplished warriors of the age, 66; their augmented power, 86; impose the Danegeldt, 870; slaughtered by the Anglo-Saxons, their revenge, 87; their extortions, 87; become masters of Eng- land, 88; their power extinguished, ib. David, Prince of Wales, death of, 350 Days of the week, their Saxon origin, 59 Dermot, King of Leinster, 242
Diocletian, persecution of, 33
Doomsday Book, Thierry's account of, 141 Dover, capture of, by the Conqueror, 135 Dover Castle, defence of, by Southey, 328 Dramatic scenes, on the introduction of, 5; from English History suggested, 93; various examples of, 22, 72, 79, 94, 104, 150, 168, 182, 203, 229, 294, 321, 330, 363, 376, 398, 410, 416, 421, 448, 457, 466, 475, 487, 513, 545, 556, 562, 589, 664
Druids, of Britain, account of the, 26; Julius Cæsar's description of the, 27, 28; religious system of the, 28; their chief deities, ib.; their peculiar doctrines,
EAST ANGLIA one of the kingdoms of the Saxon Heptarchy, 49
Edgar and Elfrida, account of, 83 Edith, banishment of, 101
Edmund, the Saxon king, 88
Edmund de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, execu- tion of, 571
Edric, Duke of Mercia, 87
Edward, son of Ethelred, called to the Saxon throne, 89
Edward the Confessor, 94
Edward I., annals of, 349 et seq.; joins the Crusaders in the Holy Land, ib.; his con- quest of Wales, 350, 352; his attempt to conquer Scotland, ib. ; ode on his treat- ment of the Welsh, 354; his death, 352; chronology of events from the reign of, 671 Edward II. defeated at Bannockburn, 368- 371; his fall and cruel death, 372; drama of, by Marlowe, 376 Edward III., his possessions in France, 380; the order of descent from which he laid claim to the throne of France, 384, 385; gains the battle of Cressy, 385; his siege of Calais, 388; the Countess of Salis- bury, 397; anecdote of, ib.; the story dramatised, 398 et seq.
Edward VI., annals of his reign, 623 et seq.;
his illness and death, 627; sonnet on, by Wordsworth, 626
Edwin, King of Northumbria, converted to Christianity, 58
"Edwin the Fair," Taylor's drama of, 78
Eleanor, daughter of the Count of Provence, 336
Eldred, Abp., 139; his malediction on the Conquest, 140; his death, ib. Elfrida, beauty of, 85; married to Earl Athelwold, ib.; married to King Edgar, 86; murders her step-son, ib. Elizabeth, Princess (afterwards Queen), her sister Mary's persecution of, 634; reign of, 639; her learning and talents, 640; her judicious choice of ministers, 642; her
death, 646; her resistance to the Spanish Armada, 657; chronology of the principal events from the accession of Edward I. to her reign, 671
Ely Abbey, Canute's visit to, 90
England, Saxon rulers of, 88; the discontents in, as related by Froissart, 433 English dominion, decay and subversion of in France, 479 et seq.
ENGLISH HISTORY, Half Hours of ;-the Roman period, 1-41; Anglo Saxon period, 42-134; Saxons and Normans- from William I. to Henry III., 135-348; annals of Edward I., 349; a series of dramatic scenes from, suggested, 93; (see DRAMATIC SCENES)
English possessions in France, 380
Essex, one of the kingdoms of the Saxon Heptarchy, 48, 49
Essex, Earl of, account of his fall, 659; dramatised by Landor, 664
"Essex and Bacon," Landor's drama of, 644 Ethelbert, the king of Kent, converted to Christianity, 55 et seq.
Etheldred, forced to fly to Normandy, 37 Ethelwald, declared a rebel, and killed in battle, 74
Evesham, battle of, 336, 339; ballad written on, 340
"Evil May Day," historical account of, 579 Exeter, Duke of, his conspiracy against Henry IV., 443; his defeat and execution, 446, 447
"FAIR ROSAMOND," life and death of, 243; poem on, 243 et seq. Falkirk, battle of, 362
Feudal System, Guizot's account of the, 208-212 et seq.; its introduction into England, 309
"Field of the Cloth of Gold," 574 Fishing, among the Anglo-Saxons, 121 France, English possessions in, 380; the order of descent from which Edward III. laid claim to the throne, 384, 385; the decay and subversion of the English dominion in, 479 et seq.
Francis I., his meeting with Henry VIII. on the "Field of the Cloth of Gold," 574
Gaul, Cæsar's preparations in, for the inva- sion of Britain, 4; condition of during the fourth century, 46; invasion of by bar- barians, 47; destruction of Roman society in, 47
Gauls, manners and customs of the, 6 Godwin, Earl, 93; the wealth and power of England in his hands, 94; marries his daughter to King Edward, ib.; drama of, 94 et seq.; banishment of, 99; historical events connected with, 100 et seq.; his death and character, 104
Greek fire, its invention and use, 272, 273. Gregory "the Great," biographical notices of, 56
Grey, Lady Jane, proclaimed as Queen of England, 627; death of, 632 Guilford, Lord, execution of, 635
Guizot's remarks on the overthrow of the Roman power by barbarian tribes, 45 Guthrun, the Dane, converted to Christian- ity, 64
Guy of Lusignan, the dethroned King of Jerusalem, 271
HANDICRAFTS among the Anglo-Saxons, 176 Hankes, martyrdom of, 637 Harold, the Saxon king, historical notices of, 104; his vow, ib.; drama of, 104 et seq.; his coronation, 111; defeated at the battle of Hastings, 112, 113; is slain, and buried at Waltham Abbey, 113; speech of, before the battle of Hastings, 119
Hasting, the Danish general, 64; his ravages in England, 65
Hastings, battle of, 111; Harold defeated at the, 112, 113; castle of, 162; speeches of Harold and William 1. before the battle of, 119, 120
Hastings, Lord, death of, 520
Hengist, the Saxon chief, enters Britain, and defeats the Picts and Scots, 43; subdues the province of Kent, and lays the founda- tion of the first Saxon kingdom, ib.; his victorious career, 45
Henry I., surnamed Beau Clerc, 177; his accession, ib.; his wife Maud, 178; state of the country under, 187; popularly called the Lion of Justice, 188; legend respecting, 189; his children, ib.; union of his daughter Matilda with Geoffrey Plantagenet, 191. Henry 11., accession of, 215; his contests with Thomas à Becket, 221 et seq.; drama of the King and the Archbishop," 229 et seq.; his fami y troubles, 237, 253; pen- ance of, 238, 239; his conquest of Ireland, 239; death of his Fair Rosamond," 243; his death, 253; character of, 256 Henry III., annals of, 324 et seq. ; nominated to the throne by the Earl of Pembroke, 336
Henry IV., the Duke of Exeter's conspiracy against, 443; death of, from Holirshed, 457; dramatised by Shakspere, 457-465 Henry V. and the Lord Chief Justice, 465; anecdote of, 466; dramatised by Shak- spere, 468; gains the battle of Agincourt, 468, 472; dramatised by Shakspere, 475; his illustrious character and death, 481 Henry VI, his early succession, 481; crowned at Paris, 482
Henry VII., character of, by Lord Bacon,
Henry VIII., events of his reign, 568 et seq.; his children, 574; his visit to France and the "Field of the Cloth of Gold," 574; his meeting with the French king, 575; last days of, as related by Hume, 610; condi- tion of the people during his reign, 616; the causes of his resistance to the Pope, as re- lated by Sir Walter Scott, 620, 621 Heptarchy of the Saxons, 48; its different di- visions and their sounders, 48, 49; proposed to substitute the word Octarchy, 50; geo- graphical divisions of the, ib.
Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, martyrdom of, 636
KATHARINE, Queen, trial of, 559 Kent, one of the kingdoms of the Saxon Heptarchy, 48
LATIMER, Bishop, martyrdom of, 637 Laws, on their administration during the Norman period, 247
Llewellyn, prince of Wales, death of, 350 London, the Conqueror's march upon, 137 "Lytell Geste," ballad of the, 288
MEATE, their manners and customs, 30, 31 Magna Charta, historical account of, 263; its essential clauses, 263 et seq.; always considered a fundamental law, 265; its principal provisions, ib.; signed at Runne- mede, 312
"Maid of Orleans" (see JOAN OF ARC) Manufactures among the Anglo-Saxons, 127 Margaret, Countess-Dowager of Salisbury, executed, 573
Mary, Queen of England, reign of, 629; her persecution of the Princess Elizabeth, 634 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, her event- ful career, 647; her marriage with the Dauphin, 648; fate of her husband, Lord Darnley, 650; her marriage with Both- well, Duke of Orkney, ib.; her flight with Bothwell, ib.; her abdication, and flight to England, ib.; her imprisonment and exe- cution, 651 et seq. Matilda, daughter of Henry I., married to Geoffrey Plantagenet, 191; her invasion of England, 199
Maud, wife of Henry I., 178; her invasion of England, 199
Maximianus Herculius, 34
Mercia, one of the kingdoms of the Saxon Heptarchy, 49; the "Wars of," a tragedy, 50 et seq. Medals found in Britain, 2 Miracles, pretended, 606 Monasteries, suppression of the, as related by
Hume, 605; their number, and great wealth, 607, 608; dissolution of, 572, 573 Money, power of granting, according to Magna Charta, 265
More, Sir Thomas, death of, 600
Peasants, insurrection of the, temp. Edward III., 407
Pembroke, Earl of, nominates Prince Henry to the throne, 336
People, oppressions of the, 187 Percies, revolt of the, 447, 454 "Perkin Warbeck," tragedy of, by the Rev. J. White, 545
Philip Augustus of France, 274
Philip II. of Spain, his invasion of England, 656
Picts defeated by Hengist, 43
Piers Gaveston, death of, 366
Plautius, the Roman prætor, his attack on Britain, 15; his conquests, 16
Poictiers, William of, his description of the Saxons, 146
Poitiers, battle of, 391
Popery, sonnet on the revival of, 628 Princes in the Tower, murder of the, 522 Protestant martyrs, 635
RAYMOND, prince of Antioch, 271 Reformation in Scotland, beginning of the, as related by Sir Walter Scott, 618 Rhodes, seizure of, by Richard I., 270 "Revolt of the Percies," from Holinshed, 447, 454; dramatised by Shakspere, 448, 454
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