Foundation (History of England Vol 1) (74 page)

Bernard of Clairvaux, St,
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Berwick Field, battle of (1403),
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Bible, Holy: English translations,
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Bill of Rights (1689),
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birth: conditions,
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Black Death: outbreak in England (1348),
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effects and mortality,
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,
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,
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Blackheath: in Peasants’ Revolt,
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,
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Jack Cade’s rebel camp at,
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Blocking, John,
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Blore Heath, battle of (1459),
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Blount, Sir Thomas,
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Bluestonehenge,
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Bolingbroke
see
Henry IV, King

Bonefaunte, William,
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Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury,
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Bordeaux,
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Borzeas (god),
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Bosworth Field, battle of (1485),
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Boudicca (or Boadicea), Queen of Iceni,
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,
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Bouvines, battle of (1214),
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Brackenbury, Sir Robert,
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Bramwyk, Robert de,
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Braose, Matilda de,
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Braose, William de,
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brigands and highwaymen,
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Brigantes (tribe),
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,
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,
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Bristol: merchants travel overseas,
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Britain: origin of name,
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Britons: defined,
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Brittany and Bretons (France),
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,
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,
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,
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bronze: manufacture,
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Bronze Age,
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customs,
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Browne, Sir Thomas:
Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial
,
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Bruce, David II, King of Scotland,
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Bruce, Robert VIII, King of Scotland,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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death,
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Brunanburgh, battle of (937),
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Buckingham, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of,
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,
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Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of,
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bureaucracy: increase under Henry I,
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,
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and Henry III,
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Burgh, Hubert de,
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,
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Burgundy: Charles the Bold, Duke of, Edward IV forms alliance with,
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,
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marriage to Margaret of York,
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,
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Burgundy, John II (the Fearless), Duke of,
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Burgundy, Margaret of York, Duchess of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Burgundy, Philip the Good, Duke of,
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,
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burial: prehistoric,
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,
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East Angles,
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procedure,
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Bury St Edmunds: parliament in (1447),
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conflict between monks and citizenry,
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Buxton: holy well of St Anne,
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Byrhtferth (Benedictine monk),
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Cabot, John,
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,
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Cabot, Sebastian,
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Cadbury (hill fort),
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Cade, Jack,
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,
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Caernarfon Castle, Wales,
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,
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Caesar, Julius: invades England,
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,
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on Druids,
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Comentarii de Bello Gallico
,
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Calais: English capture,
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Edward III in,
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,
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,
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Thomas of Woodstock murdered at,
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,
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Henry V marches on,
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,
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Duke of Burgundy threatens,
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remains in English hands,
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,
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Duke of York protects,
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Warwick in,
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,
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,
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Calehill Heath, Kent,
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calendar: and festivals,
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see also
space and time

Calvinists,
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Cambridge University: founding and early development,
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Cannynges, William,
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canon law: Lanfranc introduces,
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Canterbury: name,
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archbishopric,
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house density,
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pilgrims,
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Cathedral,
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see also
Becket, St Thomas

Cantii (tribe),
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Canute, King of the English, Danes and Norwegians,
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,
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,
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Caratacus,
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Cartimandua, Queen of Brigantes,
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Cassivellaunus,
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Castillon, battle of (1453),
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castles: Norman,
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,
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in Wales,
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Castor, Cambridgeshire,
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cathedrals: built,
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Catherine of Aragon, Queen of Henry VIII,
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Catterick,
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cattle: domesticated,
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Caxton, William,
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,
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The Game and the Playe of the Chesse
,
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Ceawlin (Saxon leader),
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Cecilia (William the Conqueror’s daughter),
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Celtic church,
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Celtic languages,
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,
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,
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Celts: origins,
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cemeteries and churchyards,
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Cernunnos (god),
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chancery: developed under Henry I,
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under Edward I,
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Channel, English: formed,
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Channel Islands: retained by King John,
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Charlemagne, King of Frankish Empire,
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Charles I, King: and Petition of Right,
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Charles IV, King of France,
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Charles V (the Wise), King of France,
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,
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Charles VI, King of France,
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Charles VII, King of France: crowned,
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captures Paris,
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reoccupies Normandy,
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Charles VIII, King of France,
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Chaucer, Geoffrey: writes in English,
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Canterbury Tales
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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‘The Miller’s Tale’,
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‘Tale of Melibee’,
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Troilus and Criseyde
,
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Cheddar Gorge,
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Chester: footways,
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childhood,
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,
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see also
education; schools

chivalry,
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Christianity: introduced in Roman England,
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under Anglo-Saxons,
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,
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rich statues,
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conversions under Augustine and Paulinus,
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Roman Church prevails,
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Church organization,
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as unifying force,
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Viking assault on,
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prevails over Danish invaders,
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Church reforms under Normans,
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Church material wealth and landowning,
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secular clergy,
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practices and beliefs challenged by Lollards,
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heretics burned at stake,
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English saints,
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tensions with sovereign,
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Chronique de la Trahison et Mort de Richard II
,
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Church of England: in Henry V’s reign,
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Church, the
see
Christianity

churches: design,
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Perpendicular style,
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