Foundation (History of England Vol 1) (85 page)

William of Savoy,
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William of Wakeham,
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Wilton Diptych,
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Winchester: Roman name (Venta Belgarum),
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as Camelot,
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pilgrimages to,
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street plan,
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windmills: first constructed,
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Windsor Castle: Edward III rebuilds,
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wine: imported by Normans,
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witenagemot,
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Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas: relations with monarch,
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on Richard III as usurper,
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wolves: in England,
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women: dress legislation,
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woods and forests,
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Woodville family,
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wool: products under Romans,
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exports under Henry III,
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taxed,
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exports maintained during Black Death,
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English exporters exceed foreign,
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cloth exports increase in fifteenth century,
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economic importance,
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Wroxeter,
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Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester (and Archbishop of York),
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,
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Wycliffe, John,
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yard: as unit of measurement,
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Yeavering, Northumberland,
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yeomen of the guard,
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Yevele, Henry,
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York (city): as Roman capital of Britannia Inferior,
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Constantine appointed emperor at (306),
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archbishopric,
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Athelstan conquers,
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Danish Vikings capture,
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wealth and power under Danes,
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population,
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William the Conqueror attacks,
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self-immolation of Jews,
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guildhall rebuilt,
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York family: in Wars of Roses,
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York, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of,
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,
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York, Richard, Duke of: commands English forces,
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as heir to throne,
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protects John Paston,
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return from Ireland and conflict with Somerset,
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claim on throne,
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in Wars of Roses,
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,
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and protection of Calais,
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reigns,
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killed at Wakefield,
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Zosimus,
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London: The Biography

Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination

The Collection: Journalism, Reviews, Essays, Short Stories

Lectures
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Thames: Sacred River

Venice: Pure City

The Great Fire of London

The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde

Hawksmoor

Chatterton

First Light

English Music

The House of Doctor Dee

Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem

Milton in America

The Plato Papers

The Clerkenwell Tales

The Lambs of London

The Fall of Troy

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein

Ezra Pound and his World

T.S. Eliot

Dickens

Blake

The Life of Thomas More

Shakespeare: The Biography

Chaucer

J.M.W. Turner

Newton

Poe: A Life Cut Short

List of Illustrations