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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

Part 2

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

Part 3

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

Part 4

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

Part 5

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

Part 6

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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