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INDEX.

Municipalities, Roman, 21-24; Anglo- |
Saxon, 184, 185.

Murder, punishment of, Anglo-Saxon,
180, 181; Anglo-Norman, 280, 415,

416.

Nobles, Anglo-Saxon, 71, 72, 87, 111, 169,
196, 200; Anglo-Norman, 284, 286,
298, 309, 333.

Norfolk, revolt in. 262, 263; state of, under
William I., 269, 270.
Normandy, 147, 155, 285; declining power
of, 288.

Normans, character of the, 282, 283; small
number of, who settled in England, 272,
314.
Northumbria, Christianized, 89, 84; king-
dom of, 90; conquered by the Danes,
107, 112; by Athelstane, 125; and
Edred, 130; given to Canute, 153; re-
bels against Tostig, 168; accepts Harold
as king. 236; war with, and devastation
by William I., 254-257; ravaged by the
Scots, 336, 337.

Odo, archbishop, 139, 222.

Offa's reign and character, 93-96.
Olaf, 147, 155.

Ordeal, 180, 297, 416.

Orderic, 289, 444.

Oswin, 85, 92.

Oxford, 119, 124, 255, 410, 451, 453.

Peine forte et dure, 415.

Penda, 90, 92.

Peterborough, 108, 252, 261, 452.

471

Roman conquest of Britain, chap. ii.; oc-
cupation, chap. iii.; law, traces of, in
municipal organization, 184, 185; in laws
of property, 185, 188, 419; in the guild
system, 191; in the rights of royalty,
195, 198, 413; in feudalism, 199, 200,
423; in marriage, 434; its study revived,
411, 412; opposition to it, 421, 422.
Rouen, 306, 387.

Salisbury, 338.
Salisbury, Roger of, 307, 338, 339, 463.
Saxons, when first heard of, 4-6, 50, 58;
their origin, 65; and character, 66, 67.
Scotland, invaded by Agricola, 16, 17;
and Carausius, 32; its relations with
England, 33, 51, 52, 125, 126, 155;
under William I., 255, 257, 262; under
William II., 298, 299; under Henry I.,
313; under Stephen, 334-337; under
Henry II., 386, 387.

Serfs, Anglo-Saxon, 200, 201; Anglo-
Norman, 268, 269; their legal status,
426, 429.

Session of emergency, 192, 193.

Sheriff (scir-gerefa), 173, 177, 179, 315,
316, 415.

Slaves, Anglo-Saxon, 73, 201, 202; Anglo-
Norman, 268.

Southampton, 153.

Standard, battle of the, 336, 337.

Stephen, as earl, 318; as king, chap.
xxviii.

Stigand, archbishop, 168, 239, 210, 244;
resists William I., 248; submits, 250,
253; is deposed, 274, 275.

Philip Augustus, 388, 391, 392, 398, 403, Stonehenge, 46.
404, 406, 407.

Picts, 17, 51, 52, 54, 59, 336.

Police, Anglo-Saxon, 174-177, 184; Anglo-
Norman, 280, 315, 415, 416.

Poor, assisted by guilds, 192; by charity,
229, 416, 458, 459; their condition,
111, 169, 205, 206, 257, 260, 268, 271,
302, 314, 344, 345, 461.
Prices, 205, note 3, 459.
Purveyance, 158, 195, 196, 315.

Raoul de Gael, 238, 241, 262, 263.
Raoul the Staller, 164, 167.
Redvald, 82.

Reliefs, 426, 427.

Revenue, of Anglo-Saxon kings, 195, 196;
of William I., 269, 270.
Richard I., as earl, 385-392; as king,
chap. xxxii.

Robert, duke of Normandy, 286, 287, 293;
war with William II., 294, 295; visits
England, 299; mortgages Normandy,
300, 301; his relations with Henry,
306, 308-311; dies in prison, 312.
Robert de Belesme, 308, 313.
Rochester, 55, 146, 294, 295; its castle, 354.
Rollo, 112.

Romance literature, 438, 441-450.

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Strongbow, 376; his character, 377; con-
quers Ireland, 378, 382, 396.
Superstition, 232-234; not a Norman

feature, 283, note 1, 353; modern, 464.
Surrey, 27, 270, note 3, 166, 269, note 3.
Sussex, 4, 27, note 3, 55, 166, 270, note 1.
Sven, 255, 265.
Sweyn, 147, 150.

Tanistry, 373.

Taxation, Anglo-Saxon, 195, 196; Anglo-
Norman, 269, note 1.

Theobald, archbishop, 344, 345; favours
Becket, 349.

Thurkill, 150; concerned in a trial, 179.
Thurstan, abbot, 276.
Tithings, 172, 184.

Tolerance, early, 100, 101, 227; mediæval,
443, 444, 464, 465.
Towers, round, 372.

Trials, criminal, 178-180, 316, 415, 416,
civil, 187, 188, 416-422.
Turketul, 130, 131, 222.
Turold, abbot, 261.

Urien, 58, 448.

Vineyards, 205.

472

Vortigern, 35, note 3, 51-54.

INDEX.

Wales, 2, 3, 14; how far Latinized, 28; and
Christianized, 40, 41; confounded with
England, 50, 60; colonized with Flem-
ings, 313, 314.

Welsh wars, under Offa, 94; Athelstane,
125; Edgar, 140; Edward the Confes-
sor, 163, 167; under William II., 299,
300, 326; Henry I., 313, 314; Henry
II., 348.

Weres, 57, 89, note 2, 174, 180, 181.
Wessex, 56, 57, 60, 65; Christianized, 85;
consolidated, 92, 93; given to Godwin,
163; many slaves in it, 202.
Westminster, 460.

Wight, Isle of, conquered by the Jutes,
52, 64; by the Saxons, 92.
Wiht-gild, 174.

Wilfrid, 85.

William I. (the conqueror), his relations
with Harold, 237, 238; claims the

crown, 238, 239; invades. England, 240,
241, 243, 244; battle of Hastings,
245, 216; conquest of England,
chap. xxii..; his changes in church
and state, chap. xxiii.; last years and
death, xxiv.; meditates the conquest of
Ireland, 375.

William II. (Rufus), as prince, 286, 288;
as king, chap. xxv.; endows Battle
abbey, 351; meditates the conquest of
Ireland, 375.

Winchester, 25, 142, 251, 393; council at,
339; siege of, 343; Henry of, 332,
339, 340, 342, 345, 347, 354, 450.
Witan, powers of, 196, 198.
Woman, early position of, 68, 70; in
Denmark, 105; under chivalry, 433,
435.

York, 20, 25, 27, 58; storm of, 107, 129;
under William I., 255, 257; Normans
settled in, 272.

LONDON:

HENRY VIZETELLY, PRINTER AND ENGRAVER, GOUGH SQ., FLEET

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