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HISTORY
THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
JOHN RICHARD GREEN, M.A. HONORARY FELLOW OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD
INDEX
London MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. 1896
First Edition, 1879; Reprinted 1882, 1886, 1891. Eversley Edition, 1896.
INDEX
Abbot, George, Archbishop of Canterbury, iv. 341; his Puritanism, v. 90; protests against Lady Essex's divorce, 191; pleads for help for the Elector Palatine, 218; suspended, 255
Abelard, i. 283, 285
Abercromby, General, vii. 266
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, viii. 140, 165
Aberdeen sacked by Montrose, vi. 23
Aberffraw, princes of, ii. 46, 108
Abergavenny besieged by Owen Glyndwr, iii. 11
Abergavenny, Edward Neville, first Lord, iii. 114
Abergavenny, George Neville, tenth Lord, vii. 23
Abermenai, English fleet repulsed from, ii. 54
"Abhorrers," vi. 314
Abingdon, Abbey of, its relations with Oxford, i. 306-308
Abingdon, James Bertie, first Earl of, vii. 23
Aboukir, battle of, viii. 141
Acadia, strife of French and English in, vii. 242, 243
Accursi, Francesco, ii. 102
Aclea, battle of, i. 103
Acre, siege of, viii. 141
Acts of Parliament. See Statutes
Adam of Usk, ii. 178
Adamnan's Life of St. Columba, i. 8
Adams, John, vii. 281
Addington, Henry, viii. 156, 170. See Sidmouth
Addison, Joseph, vii. 158, 159, 292
Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror, i. 214
Adelard of Bath, i. 282, 293
Admonition to the Parliament, iv. 296
Adrian IV., Pope, i. 250
Adrian VI., Pope, iii. 249
Ælfheah, Archbishop of Canterbury, i. 142; translation of, 145
Ælfred, king of Wessex, i. 105; his struggle with the northmen, 106, 107; treaty with them, 107; character, 107-110; rule, 111, 112; literary and educational work, 113-115; organization of fleet and fyrd, 116; second struggle with northmen, ib., 117; death, 117; Asser's Life of, 5; Sayings of, 278, 280
Ælfred, son of Æthelred II., i. 147, 148
Ælfric, ealdorman of Central Wessex, i. 140
Ælla, king of Deira, i. 52, 53
Ælle, king of the South Saxons, i. 34
Æsc, king of Kent, i. 49
Æthelbald, king of Mercia, i. 90, 96
Æthelbald, king of Wessex, i. 103
Æthelberht, king of Kent, i. 56, 57, 59, 62, 65
Æthelberht, king of Wessex, i. 103
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, i. 117, 118
Æthelgifu, mother-in-law of King Eadwig, i. 136, 137
Æthelfrith, king of Northumbria, i. 60, 62
Ætheling, the, i. 11
Æthelred, king of Mercia, i, 89
Æthelred I., king of Wessex, i. 103-105
Æthelred II., King, i. 139-141
Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia, i. 117
Æthelric, king of Bernicia, i. 52, 53, 60
Æthelstan, King, i. 119, 120
Æthelweard's Chronicle, i. 5
Æthelwine, ealdorman of East Anglia, i. 139, 140
Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, i. 103
Agénois, dispute about, ii. 197, 198, 209, 219
Agincourt, battle of, iii. 30-32
Agitators, Council of, vi. 52, 53, 57
Agriculture, changes in, under Elizabeth, iv. 278
Aidan, St., i. 69-71
Aids, feudal, ii. 104; "free," 152, 153
Aiguillon taken by the Earl of Derby, ii. 234; besieged by John of France, ib., 235
Aislabie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, vii. 192
Aix-la-Chapelle, peace of, vi. 250; vii. 231
Albany, Robert, first Duke of, iii. 9, 16
Albany, Alexander, third Duke of, iii. 232; Protector of Scotland, 235; struggle with Margaret, 247, 248
Albemarle, Edward, Duke of, ii. 380; iii. 7. See Rutland
Albemarle, George Monk, Duke of (see Monk), vi. 193
Albemarle, Stephen, Count of, i. 192
Alberoni, Cardinal, vii. 186-188
Albigenses, ii. 7, 35
Albinus, friend of Bæda, i. 94
Alcwine, letters of, i. 4
Alderman of a gild, i. 299
Aldfrith, king of Northumbria, i. 91
Aldgate, Priory of Holy Trinity at, i. 223
Alençon, William the Conqueror's vengeance on, i. 179; reduced by Henry V., iii. 33
Alençon, Francis, Duke of. See Anjou
Alexander III., Pope, i. 235
Alexander I., Czar of Russia, viii. 164, 180, 198, 202
Alexander III., king of Scots, ii. 135
Alfred of Beverley, i. 246
Alfune founds St. Giles', Cripplegate, i. 223
Algiers bombarded by Blake, vi. 116
Allen, Dr. William, iv. 307, 310, 353, 354; his Defense of the English Catholics, 354
Alleyn, Joseph, vi. 223
Alliance, Grand, vii. 49; its success, 79, 80, 88; breaks up, 89; the second, 107; Triple, vi. 249; vii. 185
Almanza, battle of, vii. 134
Alva, Ferdinand Alvarez, Duke of, iv. 225, 257, 258, 298, 300, 335
Amboise, conspiracy of, iv. 175; edict of, 217
America, early settlements in, iv. 329, 330, 345; Puritan emigration to, v. 308-314, 319, 320; English colonies in, vii. 236; their progress, 237; slavery in, ib.; education in, 238; their political condition, 239, 240; relations with England, 241, 243, 244; strife with the French, 249; Pitt's policy in, 266; relations with England after the Seven Years' War, 280-283; Bute's policy towards, 310, 311; Grenville's, 320, 321, 326; English and American theories of their relation to England, 320-325; renewed attempt at taxation of, viii. 3, 4, 14; war with England, 22-26, 32; French settlements in, vii. 232, 242, 243; ceded to England, 307; Spanish conquests in, iv. 329, 330; English trade with, vii. 216; United States of, declare their independence, viii. 24; alliance with France, 28; peace with England, 41; importance of their independence, 42-44; increase of their carrying trade through the Continental System, 177; embargo on trade with Europe, 182; pass an Act of Non-Intercourse with England and France, 183; repeal it, 184; cease intercourse with Great Britain, 192; war with England, 198, 203-205
Amherst, General, vii. 266, 267, 269
Amiens, Mise of, ii. 68; Peace of, viii. 167
Ancrum Moor, battle of, iv. 29
Anderida (Pevensey) destroyed by Saxons, i. 34
André, Bernard, his Life of Henry VII., iii. 83
Andredsweald, the, i. 33; attacked by northmen, 116
Andrewes, Lancelot, Bishop of Winchester, v. 267
Aneurin, ii. 49, 53
Angeln, i. 9
Anglesea conquered by Eadwine, i. 63; reduced by an English fleet, ii. 109; English routed in, 120
Angoulême taken by Henry of Derby, ii. 234; regained by John of Normandy, ib.
Angoumois restored to Edward III., ii. 266; won by Du Guesclin, 287
Angus, Archibald Douglas, sixth (or ninth) Earl of, iii. 231; iv. 22, 29, 52
Anhalt, Christian, Duke of, v. 177
Anjou, documents for early history of, i. 7; counts of, 208-213; conquered by Philip Augustus, 269; cession of, ii. 63
Anjou, Francis, Duke of, iv. 313, 316, 336-338, 348
Anjou, Henry, Duke of, iv. 297, 298. See Henry III., king of France
Anjou, René, Duke of, iii. 61
Anlaf, the sea-king, i. 120
Annales Angliæ et Scotiæ, i. 274
Annales Cambriæ, i. 7
Anne, daughter of James, Duke of York, vi. 309; vii. 28; forsakes her father, 42; relations with the Churchills, 109-111; Queen, 112; her "Bounty," 123; resistance to the Whigs, 133; temper and policy, 135, 136; breaks with the Duchess of Marlborough, 138; threat to the Electress Sophia, 144; dismisses Oxford, 145; dies, 146
Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II., ii. 348, 367
Anne of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII., iii. 351; iv. 17
Anselm, St., i. 193-196; Archbishop of Canterbury, 196; struggle with William Rufus, ib., 197; recalled, 199; crowns Matilda, 200; supports Henry I., 201
Antonio, Don, claimant of Portugal, iv. 367
Antwerp, its trade with England, iv. 257; refugees from, 305, 324; sacked, 310; surrenders to Parma, 349
Appeal, Court of, i. 256
Appeals to the Pope, ii. 222; protest of Edward III. against, 274; forbidden, iii. 302; from Scotland, Edward I.'s claim to, ii. 140
Appellant, the Lords, ii. 353, 354, 371
Aquitaine, Henry Fitz-Empress's relations with, i. 226, 233; revolts against Richard I., 263; secured by Eleanor for John, 268; submits to Philip Augustus, 270; Edward III. does homage for, ii. 209; granted him in full sovereignty, 266; change in its attitude towards the English king, 280; relations with Spain, 282; rejects the hearth-tax, 285; its barons appeal to France, ib.; regained by France, 287, 288; granted by Richard II. to John of Gaunt, 369. See Guienne
Archangel, discovery of, iv. 283
Archers, the English, ii. 241, 242; iii. 31
Architecture under Edward I., ii. 105, 106; domestic, its developement under Elizabeth, iv. 285-287
Arcola, battle of, viii. 123
Arcot seized by Clive, vii. 235
Argyle, Archibald Campbell, fourth Earl of, iv. 114
Argyle, Archibald Campbell, fifth Earl of, iv. 223, 230, 245, 260
Argyle, Archibald Campbell, eighth Earl and first Marquis of (see Lorne), v. 341; his relations with Charles I., 363, 364; defeated at Inverlochy, vi. 38; restored to power, 63; proclaims Charles II. king, 71; death, 181; vii. 8
Argyle, Archibald Campbell, ninth Earl of, vii. 8, 9
Argyle, John Campbell, second Duke of, vii. 146, 183
Aristotle, Edmund Rich lectures on, i. 288, 293
Arkwright, Richard, viii. 60
Arles, kingdom of, i. 262
Arlington, Henry Bennet, Earl of (see Bennet), Secretary of State, vi. 245; policy in Triple Alliance, 248, 250; Charles's confidant in the Treaty of Dover, 258; dismissed, 281
Arlotta, mother of William the Conqueror, i. 157
Armada, the Spanish, its gathering, iv. 344; sails, 356; off the Lizard, 357; its force, 360; reaches Calais, 361; its flight, 362; ruin, 363; its results, 364, 365; the second, v. 60
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