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Matilda, Empress
212
,
214

Matilda of Flanders (wife of William I)
25
,
42
,
43
,
132
,
168

Mauger, Archbishop of Rouen
236
n.
xlvi

mercenaries

English fleet
105

Norman army
112
,
115
,
134
,
135–6
,
183
,
190

Mill, John Stuart
1–2

monarchy
see
kingship

monasteries, English
57
,
66
,
136
,
206

and education and learning
75–6

and poetry
82
,
85

Morcar Leofricson, Earl of Northumbria
124
,
130
,
149–50
,
152
,
157
,
199
,
205

Mortemer, battle of
52
,
94

Morton, Catherine
140–1

Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France
185
,
199

navy, English

and Alfred
99
,
105

and Harold Godwinson
104–6
,
143–4
,
179

and mercenaries
105

navy, Norman
106
,
131
,
144–5
,
160
,
227

navy, Norwegian
148–9
,
157

Nicholas II, Pope
133
,
134

Nieder-Altaich, annals of
231–2

Nithard (chronicler)
190

Normandy

and feudalism
96–7
,
105–8
,
111–12

Harold Godwinson in
47–51
,
109
,
123

military service
106–8
,
110–12
,
115

and Norman England
211

Viking settlement
6
,
106

Normans

post-Conquest risings against
201

in pre-Conquest England
25
,
146–7
,
162

as ruling class
204–6
,
211–12

in south Italy
113
,
134–5
,
141
,
209

Northumbria

and Harald Hardrada
149–50
,
152

uprising
47
,
123–5
,
148

see also
Danelaw

Odo, Bishop of Bayeux
120
,
138
,
142
,
201
,
229

Offa, King of Mercia
13
,
64

Olaf I Tryggvason, King of Norway
6–8

Olaf II, St, King of Norway
35

Olaf III, King of Norway
157

Old English
see
English language

ordeal, trial by
232

Orderic Vitalis
33
,
80–1
,
98
,
163
,
168
,
171
,
201–2
,
203
,
207–8
,
213

and
Carmen de Hastingæ Proelio
220
,
221

value as source
226

and William of Poitiers
224

Osbern FitzOsbern, Bishop of Exeter
147

Oswald, St
136

pallium
27
,
43
,
64
,
137

papacy

and English Church
136–41

and Harold II
167–8
,
175–6

and Normans in Italy
133–5
,
141

and sanction for battle
52
,
133–43
,
165
,
168
,
199

Paul Thorfinnsson, Earl of Orkney
148
,
157

peasantry
61
,
73

and military service
95
,
100
,
103
,
178

Pevensey, Norman bridgehead
3
,
160–1
,
181
,
223

Philip II, king of Spain
2

pilgrimage

to Jerusalem
27
,
64

to Rome
13
,
64–5
,
103

pitched battles
93–5
,
166

Platæa, battle of
1

plurality of benefices
27
,
137–8

poetry
7
,
81–8
,
214–15

Portskewet, hunting lodge
123
,
125

property, of women
74–5

prose, Anglo-Saxon
88–91

punishments
16–17
,
194

Ralph ‘the Timid’, Earl of Hereford
34

retreats, feigned
182
,
185–91

Richard I, Duke of Normandy
6

Richard II, Duke of Normandy
6
,
11
,
41

Richard III, Duke of Normandy
34

riddles, Anglo-Saxon
85–6

Robert I, duke of Normandy
15
,
34
,
41

Robert II (Curthose), Duke of Normandy
211

Robert of Eu
94

Robert FitzWymark
129
,
162–3

Robert Guiscard de Hauteville
134–5
,
142

Robert of Jumièges, Archbishop of Canterbury
23
,
24
,
26–7
,
39
,
43
,
53
,
137

Robert le Frison, Count of Flanders
190

Roger de Hauteville
142

Roland
215
;
see also Chanson de Roland

Rollo (Hrolf Ganger), Duke of Normandy
6

The Ruin
84

St Valéry, William’s forces at
115–16
,
140
,
144–7
,
159–60
,
222

Scarborough, burning
149
,
150
,
151

Scotland

support for Tostig
131
,
148–9

support for Edgar the Atheling
201

seax
(cutlass)
120

Senlac, alternative name for battle of Hastings
182

serfs
61

service, military

feudal system
96–7
,
105–7

five-hide system
61–2
,
73
,
101–3
,
107

see also
fyrd

shield wall
110
,
153
,
156
,
178

shields
69
,
113–14
,
118
,
184

shires

Sigeric, Archbishop of Canterbury
64–5

Siward, Earl of Northumbria
19–20
,
23
,
26
,
27
,
39
,
123
,
204

Snorre Sturlason,
Heimskringla
117
,
147–9
,
185
,
232

and Stamford Bridge
108
,
119–21
,
152–6
,
204
,
228–9

value as source
108
,
228–9
,
232

society, Anglo-Saxon
58
,
60
,
72–5
,
93

spears
118–19
,
185

spies

of Harold II
146
,
168

of William of Normandy
146–7
,
161
,
163

Stamford Bridge, battle of
108–9
,
116
,
117
,
151–7
,
163–4
,
167
,
179

booty
176
,
228

and cavalry
108

documentation
108
,
119–21
,
152–6
,
161
,
204
,
228–9

English forced march
151–2
,
156
,
167
,
179

and Harold’s housecarls
119
,
120
,
151
,
164
,
173

and surprise attack
153
,
169–70

Stenton, Sir Frank
12–13
,
61
,
210

Stephen, King of England
110
,
203
,
212
,
214

Stigand, Bishop of Winchester
24
,
27

Archbishop of Canterbury
27
,
104

and coronation of Harold II
128
,
226

and death of Edward II
128–9

and Edgar the Atheling
199–200

and Godwin
24
,
27
,
39

and papacy
27
,
128
,
137–8
,
140–1
,
226

plurality of benefices
27
,
137

and William I
205

Stiklestad, battle of
35

Sugar, Max
167–8

Sutton Hoo, excavation
63
,
67
,
118

Sweyn Estrithson, King of Denmark
34
,
35–6
,
45
,
126
,
133
,
157

and battle of Hastings
178

and Edgar the Atheling
201

Sweyn Forkbeard

as King of Denmark
8–9

as King of England
10
,
76

Sweyn Godwinson
23
,
27
,
36

swords
12
,
64

Taillefer (juggler)
184
,
221

Tancred de Hauteville
134

taxation

Anglo-Saxon
59
,
61–2
,
73

heriot
103–4

Norman
67
,
208

see also
Danegeld

Telham Hill
177–8
,
231

thegns
73
,
103
,
114
,
209

Thermopylæ, battle of
1

Thorkell the Tall
100

Tinchebrai, battle of
110

Tostig Godwinson, earl of Northumbria
24–5
,
27–8
,
49
,
104

outlawing
47
,
123–6
,
132
,
148

raids by
130–1
,
143

and Harald Hardrada
147–9
,
151–6
,
181

in
Vita Ædwardi Regis
225

and William of Normandy
143–4

death
156–7

trade, Anglo-Saxon
12
,
62–6
,
73

Ulf Thorgilsson
35

Val-ès-Dunes, battle of
41
,
93

van Houts, E. M. C.
221

Varangian Guard
35
,
209

Varaville, battle of
94

Vegetius, Publius Flavius,
De Re Militari
94–5
,
166

Vexin, County of
132
;
see also
Drogo, Count of the Vexin;Walter, Count of the Vexin

Vikings

defences against
98–9

in Normandy
6
,
106

raids on England
5–10
,
11
,
24
,
55
,
57
,
58
,
61
,
66
,
75–6
,
95
,
136–7
,
157

tribute paid to
8–10

Vita Ædwardi Regis
18
,
29
,
49
,
80
,
123
,
125–7
,
168
,
224–5

Wace, Maistre,
Roman de Rou
106
,
182
,
184
,
221
,
227

Waldere
(heroic poem)
83

Walker, Ian W.
53
,
141
,
234
n.
xx
,
237
n.
lxxix

Walter, Count of the Vexin
33
,
52

Waltham Abbey
69
,
128
,
138
,
164
,
206

Waltham Chronicle
45–6
,
172
,
217

The Wanderer
84–5

war, and pitched battles
93–5
,
166

Waterloo, battle of
1
,
185

wealth, Anglo-Saxon
2
,
9
,
12
,
55–6
,
62–72

weaponry
113–14
,
118–20
,
184–5

wergild (blood-price)
73

Wessex, harrying by William of Normandy
95
,
166
,
180

Westminster Abbey
126
,
128
,
200

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