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 et seq.
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, 87 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 I. 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 II., accession of, 215; his contests with Thomas à Becket, 221 et seq.; drama of the " King and the Archbishop," 229 et seq.; his family 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, 551
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 founders, 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
Norman kings, castles of the, 144
Norman period, on the administration of the laws during the, 247
Normandy, English power in, 382, 385; re- covered from the English by the French,
PANDOLF, the Papal legate, 307; King John does homage to him, 308
Papal power, contentions of King John with the, 302, 304; its fulminations, 306 Parliamentary representation, historical no- tices of, by Hallam, 333
Paulinus defeats Boadicea, the British queen, 21
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
Richard I., the Crusader, Hume's account of, 266; his fleet, 269; his dangerous adven- tures, ib. et seq.; captures a large Saracen ship, 272; his arrival at Acre, and its capture, 273; departs for Jerusalem, 275; defeats Saladin, 276; his heroic bravery, ib.; his captivity in Austria, 279; sumis advanced for his ransom, 281; his liberation, 282; his death and cha- racter, ib. Richard II., the deposition of, 421; drama- tised by Shakspere 421 captivity of, as related by Froissart, 436; et seq.; his deposition, 439
Richmond, Earl of, his victory at Bosworth Field, 525, 526
Ridley, Bishop of London, martyrdom of, 637 Robert, the Captive, 179; takes possession of Normandy, 180
Robert, Earl of Gloucester, 193
Robert Fitz-Walter, chosen by the Barons of England as their general, 311 Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest, 284 Rochester Castle, its antiquity and strength, 160
Roderic, King of Connaught, 242
Rogers, Prebendary of St. Paul's, martyrdom of, 636
Roman civilization, destruction of, 45 Roman period, 1-41; Cæsar's invasion of
Britain, 1; Cymbeline, 5; invasion of Claudius, 15; Bonduca, 18; the Druids, 26; Severus, 30; Diocletian, 33; the last Romans, 36
Roman road, near Silchester, 38 Romans, their first acquaintance with Bri- tain, 2; their conquest of Britain, 3; the written monuments of their rule, ib.; their first landing in Britain, 3, 4; their depar- ture from Britain, 5; last of the, in Bri- tain, 36
Roses, White and Red," their sanguinary contests, 509
Rouen, captured by the French, 483
Rufus (see WILLIAM RUFUS)
Runnemede, the place where Magna Charta was signed, 312
SACE, a nation of Asiatic Scythia, 43
St. Alban, Abbey of, 137
St. Albans, battle of, 509
Saladin, the Saracen commander, 276; op-
poses the Crusaders, 276; his defeat, ib. Saunders, martyrdom of, 637
Saxons, their arrival in Britain, 42, 43; their supposed origin, 42; defeat the Picts and Scots, 43; their irruptions into Britain, ib.; Saxon kingdom founded by Hengist, 43; Heptarchy of the, 48; the Normans rapidly absorbed among the, 145; the Conqueror's conciliatory policy towards the, 145; description of the, 146. SAXONS) (See ANGLO-
Seymour, Jane, married to Henry VIII., 573 Seymour, Lord, charged by his brother with high treason, and executed, 625 Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood's adventures, 285
Ships of war, all galleys during the Norman period, 272
Shrewsbury, battle of, 454
Silchester, site of, 37; description of, 38, 39; antiquities of, 40, 41
Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, 329; dramatic scene of, 330; ballad written on, 340; slain at the battle of Evesham, ib.; ballad on, ib. et seq.
Simnell, Lambert, the impostor, historical notices of, 527
Somerset, Duke of, the Lord Protector of England, 623; charged with high treason, and executed, 626
Spanish Armada, invasion of the, 656; de- feated and destroyed by the English squadron, 658
Standard, battle of the, 196
Stephen of Blois, his accession to the throne of England, 191
"Stephen and Maud," Keats' drama of, 202 et seg.
Stonehenge, account of, 26; the purposes to which it was appropriated, 27; Julius Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, executed, Cæsar's description of, ib. 574
Sussex, one of the kingdoms of the Saxon Heptarchy, 48
Sweyn, King of Denmark, invades England, 87; his death, ib. ; succeeded by his son Canute, ib.
Swithelm, Bishop of Sherburn, sent to India, 70
TALBOT, JOHN, and his son, death of, 486; dramatised by Shakspere, 487 Taylor, the Rev. —, Taylor's drama of "Edwin the Fair," 78 martyrdom of, 637 Tewkesbury, battle of, 512
Thomas à Becket, rise of, 217; biographical notices of, 218 et seq.; his character and great abilities, 220; history of his fall, 221 et seq.; account of his death, 226; drama of the "King and the Archbishop,” 229 et seq.
Tin found in Britain, 2; an article of com-
mercial importance, ib. Towton, battle of, 513; dramatised by Shakspere, ib. et seq.
Trades among the Anglo-Saxons, 127 Tudors, Government of the, 666
Tyrrel, Sir James, the murderer of the Princes in the Tower, 522; dramatised, ib. et seq.
Tyrrel, Walter, and William Rufus, drama- tised, 168
UVERLAMACESTIR, ancient church of, 35
VERSTEGAN, the antiquarian writer, 62 Vespasian in Britain, 16
Vineyards among the Anglo-Saxons, 125 Vortigern, the British Sovereign, 42; invites the Saxons to Britain, 43; is deposed, ib. Vortimer, son of Vortigern, 43
WAKEFIELD, battle of, 510 Wales, Edward the First's military opera- tions against, 350; conquest of, and anexation to England, 350, 352; ode on Edward's treatment of, 354
Wallace, Sir William, of Scotland, his resist- ance to Edward I., 351; history of, by Sir Walter Scott, 357
"Wallace and Bruce," dramatised, 363 Warbeck, Perkin, the impostor, Lord Bacon's account of, 531, 541; condemned and executed, 545; tragedy of, ib.
"Wars of Mercia," a tragedy, 50 et seq. Warwick, John Dudley, Earl of, his opposi- tion to the Lord Protector, 625; his power and authority, 626
Wessex, one of the kingdoms of the Saxon Heptarchy, 48
"White and Red Roses," historical notices of the, 509
Wilford, Ralph, the impostor, 544
William I., the Norman, his invasion of Bri- tain, 111; wins the battle of Hastings, 112, 113; his speech before the battle, 120; Thierry's account of his march to London, 135; coronation of, 137; his con- ciliatory policy towards the Saxons, 145; his death, 147; his death and burial dra- matised, 150 et seq.; his character, 156; his wife and children, 157; epitaphs and panegyrics on, 158
William, Prince, shipwreck of, 180; the ship- wreck dramatised, 182
William Rufus, the son and successor of the Conqueror, 157; account of his accession, 158; death of, 164; inscription on, 168 character of, 173
Wine among the Anglo-Saxons, 124 Wolsey, fall of, dramatised by Shakspere, 562; death of, 572
YORK AND LANCASTER, quarrel between the houses of, 509
York, Edward, Duke of, 571
York, Richard, Duke of, his address to the Houses of Parliament, 509; is slain, 510 York, Richard, Duke of, defeated at the bat- tle of Bosworth Field, 526, 527
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