Part 12

Churches, Norman, French and English, compared, 9, 23, 24, 46, 111

Cintheaux, 53, 54

Colomby, 70

Côtentin, derivation of the name, 62; its peninsular character, 64, 65; acquired by William Longsword, 66

Coutances, cathedral church of, 22 et seq., 82; its sham west front compared with that of Wells, 25; its internal architecture compared with that of Bayeux, 26, 27; men of, at Senlac, 66; its position, 72, 73, 75, 83; aqueduct at, 73, 88; its diocese enlarged, 81

Diablintes, tribal name survives in Jublains, 190

Dieppe, meaning of the name, 6

Dinan, 22, 54, 55

Dive, river, battle by, 60

Dol, church of, 22, et seq.; compared with S. Canice at Kilkenny, 25, 30; its position suggests St. David's, 30; east end compared with Wells, 31

Domfront, fortress of, won by William, 56, 228; compared with Falaise, ib.

Dumaine, l'Abbé L.V., his history of Tinchebray, 117, 118

Eadgar the Ætheling, at Tinchebray, 121; taken prisoner and released, 123

Ecclesiastical foundations, choice of sites for, 42, 43

Emma, Abbess of Almenèches, sister of Robert of Bellême, 140-143

England, likeness of Normandy to, how accounted for, 5-7

Eu, its historical associations, 58, 59

Evreux, 4, 8, 24

Evron, abbey at, 234

Exeter, commonwealth of, compared with Le Mans, 212, 213

Exmes, 139 et seq.; site of the castle, 144, 145; its church, 146-149

Falaise, birthplace of William the Conqueror, 10, 12; its historical associations, 11, 12; probable date of the castle, 15; its position, 16, 17; origin of the name, 16; spoiled by so-called restoration, 18-20, 53; compared with Domfront, 56

Fécamp, abbey of, 43 et seq.; transitional period well marked at, 47, 48; its fourteenth century alteration compared with Waltham, 49, 50

Flers, 113

Gally Knight, Mr., quoted, 82, 86, 106

Geoffrey of Mowbray, Bishop of Coutances, 67, 80

Geoffrey, Count of Mayenne, his betrayal of the Commune of Le Mans, 214, 231

Geoffrey Malaterra, quoted, 93, 94