A

ACRE, arrival of the crusaders at, 470
Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror,
325; her sons Stephen and Henry, ib.
Agriculture of the Anglo-Saxons, 204
Aids, levying of, prohibited by Magna
Charta, 455

Alban, St., account of, 56; persecutions of,
57; his martyrdom, 58; sonnet to, 59
Alfred, biographical notices of, 106; his
struggles and exalted character, 107; his
abilities and prudent policy, 112; his wise
legislation, 113; the first scholar in his
dominions, 115; an elegant poet, 117; his
varied accomplishments and qualifications,
119, et seq.

"Alfred the Fugitive," a drama, 123; et
seq.

Alfric, bishop, the best philologist of his age,

117

Alnwick, castle of, 275

Anglo-Saxon literature, on the study of, 104
Anglo-Saxon period of British history, 70
Anglo-Saxons, anarchy among the, 146; op-
pressed by the Danes, 147; industry of
the, 204; their fishing, 206; their clothing,
208; their bread, ib.; their wine, 211; their
handicrafts, 215; chronological list of their
kings, 217; chronological history of the,
220; their contests with the Danes, 222-
224

Antoninus makes a truce with the Britons,
55

Arthur, son of Constance of Bretagne, a
competitor for the throne of England,
500; murdered by his uncle John, 504;
dramatic scenes of, 506 et seq.; on Shak-
spere's dramatic scenes of, 515; story of,
by Holinshed, 516

Asers, from Asiatic Tartary, 71

Asser, monk of St. David's, invited to Alfred's
Court, 109

Athelstan, Anglo-Saxon king, 127; defeats

the Danes, 128; his victorious career, ib.
Achelwold, earl, deceives king Edgar, and
espouses Elfrida, 145; slain by Edgar, 146
Augustin, sent as a missionary to England,
96; appointed primate of all England, 99

Bishops, as both clerks and barons, 403
Bonduca, the British queen, resists the
Romans, 29; her speeches, 30, 32; defeated
by Paulinus, 35, 36; scene from the tragedy
of "Bonduca," 36

Bread, among the Anglo-Saxons, 208
Brigantes, The, 26

Britain, Cæsar's invasion of, 1, et seq.; its
early history, 1; first acquaintance of the
Romans with, 2; minerals of, 3; tin of, ib.
the Celtic inhabitants of, 4; conquered by
the Romans, 6; invaded by Claudius, 23;
reduced to anarchy and distress, 71; arrival
of the Saxons in, 72; the aboriginal inhabi-
tants expelled, 74; record of events from
the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 75, 76
Britons, primitive history of the, 5; their
habits and customs, 9, 10; their dress, 10;
the Caledonians and the Mæatæ the great.
est among the, 50; Herodian's description
of the, 52

Brunan-burh, battle of, 128; Saxon song on
the, 128 et seq.

C.

CEDMON, the Saxon poet, for; selections

from, 102

Cæsar's invasion of Britain, 1; his pre-
parations, 2, 3; his landing, 6; his depar
ture, 7

Calais, siege of, by Edward III., 388
Caledonia, invaded by Severus, 50; manners
and customs of the inhabitants, 50, 51
Camulodunum, the capital of Cymbeline, 10
Cangians, the, 26

Canute, the Danish king, 149; becomes king
of England ib.; his greatness as a man
and a sovereign, 151; a patron of literature
and poesy, 152; his visit to Ely abbey,
153; his letter to his Danish subjects, 154,
155; his practical reproof to his courtiers,

157

Caractacus, the British king, captured by the
Romans, 27; his noble speech, 27, 28
Carausius, put to death, 55
Carlisle, castle of, 275

Cartismandua, queen of the Brigantes, 27
Cassibelan, the British king, 25
Cassiterides, of Britain, 31
Castles of the Norman kings, 270
Celts, the great national family of, 4
Christians, martyrdom of, in Britain, 56, 57
Chronology, of the Anglo-Saxon kings, 217;
of English history to the battle of Hastings,
219; of the principal events from the acces-
sion of the Conqueror to the death of
Henry III., 590

Civilization in France, Guizot's History of,
76

Claudius, his invasion of Britain, 23; re-
ceives the surname of Britannicus, 25
Clergy, their greatness during the middle
ages, 401

Clothing, among the Anglo-Saxons, 208
Clovis, of France, 78

Cogidunus, a British king, 26

Crusades, Hume's account of the, 294; under
Richard I., 457; great preparations for the,
460; the fleet for the prosecution' of the,
462; arrival at Acre, 470; fearful loss of
life, ib.

Crusaders, divisions among the, 472; their
departure for Jerusalem, 472, 473; opposed
by Saladin, 473

Cymbeline, Shakspere's historical drama of,
8-23; a powerful British king, 10
Cyprus, conquest of, by Richard I., 467

D.

DAMME, the port of Bruges, captured by the
English, their first naval victory over the
French, 145

Danegeldt, a tax levied for payment to the
Danes, 147

anes, their ravages in England, 107, 108;
the most accomplished warriors of the age,
112; their augmented power, 147; impose
the Danegeldt, 147; slaughtered by the

Anglo-Saxons, their revenge, 148; their
extortions, 149; become masters of Eng-
land, 150; their power extinguished, ib.
Days of the week, their Saxon origin, 101
Dermot, king of Leinster, 414
Diocletian, persecution of, 55
Doomsday Book, Thierry's account of, 238
Dover, capture of, by the Conqueror, 229
Dover castle, defence of, 565

Dramatic scenes, on the introduction of, into
English history suggested, 158; various
examples of, 36, 123, 134, 160, 177, 254,
285, 309, 347, 392, 506, 553, 568

Druids of Britain, account of the, 41; Julius
Cæsar's description of the, 43, 44; religious
system of the, 45; their chief deities, 46;
their peculiar doctrines, 47

E.

EAST ANGLIA, one of the kingdoms of the
Saxon heptarchy, 83

Edgar and Elfrida, account of, 141
Edith, banishment of, 171
Edmund, the Saxon king, 149
Edric, duke of Mercia, 147

Edward, son of Ethelred, called to the Saxon
throne, 150

Edward, the Confessor, 159

Edwin, king of Northumbria, converted to
Christianity, 99

"Edwin the Fair," Taylor's drama of, 133
et seq.

Eldred, abp., 236; his malediction on the
Conquest, 237, 238; his death, 238
Eleanor, daughter of the count of Provence,
579, 580

Elfrida, beauty of, 144; married to earl
Athelwold, 145; married to king Edgar,
146; murders her stepson, ib.

Ely abbey, Canute's visit to, 153
England, Saxon rulers of, 217
ENGLISH HISTORY, Half- Hours of :-The
Roman period, 1-69; Anglo-Saxon period,
70-227; Saxons and Normans, from Wil-
liam I. to Henry III., 228-597

Essex, 'one of the kingdoms of the Saxon
heptarchy, 82

Ethelbert, king of Kent, converted to Chris-
tianity, 93 et seq.

Etheldred, forced to fly to Normandy, 148
Ethelwald, declared a rebel, and killed in
battle, 127

Evesham, battle of, 578; ballad on, 587

G.

GAUL, Cæsar's preparations in, for the inva-
sion of Britain, 6; condition of during the
fourth century, 77; invasion of by barba-
rians, 78; destruction of Roman society in,

79

Gauls, manners and customs of the, 9, 10
Godwin, earl, 158; the wealth and power of
England in his hands, 159; marries his
daughter to king Edward, ib.; drama of,
160 et seq.; banishment of, 167; historical
events connected with, 168 et seq.; his
death and character, 174

Greek fire, its invention and use, 467, 468
Gregory "the Great," biographical notice
of, 95

Guizot's remarks on the overthrow of the
Roman power by barbarian tribes, 76
Guthrun, the Dane, converted to Christianity,

109

Guy of Lusignan, the dethroned king of Jeru-
salem, 465

H.

HANDICRAFTS among the Anglo-Saxons, 215
Harold, the Saxon king, historical notices of,
176; his vow, ib.; drama of, 177 et seq.;
his coronation, 186; defeated at the battle
of Hastings, 196; is slain, and buried at
Waltham abbey, 191; speech of, before the
battle of Hastings, 202

Hasting, the Danish general, 110; his
ravages in England, ib.

Hastings, battle of, 177; Harold defeated at
the, 190; castle of, 274; speeches of
Harold and William I. before the battle of,
202, 203

Hengist, the Saxon chief, enters Britain, and
defeats the Picts and Scots, 72; subdues
the province of Kent, and lays the founda-
tion of the first Saxon kingdom, ib.; his
victorious career, 76

Henry I., surnamed Beau Clerc, 300; his
accession, ib.; his wife Maud, 301; state
of the country under, 317; popularly called
the Lion of Justice, 318; legend respecting,
320; his children, 321; union of his
daughter Matilda with Geoffrey Plantage-
net, 323

Henry II., accession of, 367; his contests
with Thomas à Becket, 378 et seq.; drama
of the "King and the Archbishop," 392 et
seq.; his family troubles, 404, 433; penance
of, 406, 407; his conquest of Ireland, 409;
death of his "Fair Rosamond," 416; his
death, 433; character of, 438
Henry III., annals of, 558 et seq.; nominated
to the throne by the Earl of Pembroke,

JAFFA, arrival of the Crusaders at, 475;
battle of, 477

Johannes Scotus, 120

John, king' his contentions with the papal
power, 519, 525; his abject submission
530; his contentions with the barons of
England, 531; signs Magna Charta, 537;
the last days of, 547; death of, 553;
scenes of, from Shakspere, 553 et seq.
John and Árthur, the two royal competitors
for the throne of England, 500; the latter
murdered, 504; dramatic scenes of, 506 et
seq.

Jury, trial by, 423

K.

KENT, one of the kingdoms of the Saxon hept-
archy, 81

L.

LAWS, on their administration during the
Norman period, 422

London, the Conqueror's march upon, 223
"Lyttel Geste,” ballad of the, 496

M.

MATE, their manners and customs, 50
Magna Charta, historical account of, 450;
its essential clauses, 452 et seq.; always
considered a fundamental law, 454; its
principal provisions, ib.; signed at Runne
mede, 537

Manufactures among the Anglo-Saxons, 216
Matilda, daughter of Henry I., married to
Geoffrey Plantagenet, 323; her invasion of
England, 339

Maud, wife of Henry I., 301
Maximianus Herculius, 55

Mercia, one of the kingdoms of the Saxon
heptarchy, 84; the "Wars of Mercia," a
tragedy, 86 et seq.

Metals found in Britain, 2

Money, power of granting, according to
Magna Charta, 452