The Norman Conquest (77 page)

Charlemagne, king of the Franks, emperor (d. 814),
45

Charles the Fat, king of the Franks, emperor (d. 888),
45

Chartres, bp of,
24

Chepstow (Gwent),
120
,
296
; castle,
296
; priory,
296

Cheshire,
122

Chester,
192
,
227
,
234
,
247
,
258
,
268
,
313
; bp of,
263
,
319
; castle,
233
; earl of,
see
Gerbod; Hugh

Chichester (Sussex), castle and rape,
215
; cathedral,
258

chivalry,
264
,
267
,
270
,
295
,
339

Church, English:
14
,
69
,
98
–
100
,
107
–
8
,
123
,
143
; reform of,
237
–
40
,
256
–
61
,
339
; military service imposed on,
240
–
2
,
323
; losses of land,
284
–
6

Church, Norman,
50
–
1
,
86
–
93
,
236

Clavering (Essex), castle,
208

Cluny (Saône-et-Loire), abbey,
87

Cnut, king of England (1016–35) Denmark (1018–35) and Norway birth and baptism,
23
; Christianity,
23
–
4
,
368
; visit to Rome,
37
; and the waves,
18
,
23
; conquers England,
18
,
102
; Scandinavian empire,
60
–
1
; brutality,
18
; killings at the start of his reign,
19
,
126
,
263
–
5
,
336
; marriages,
19
–
20
,
30
–
2
; death,
22
–
3
,
30
–
5
,
43
; buried in Winchester,
23
,
42
,
97
,
100
; changes during his rule,
27
–
30
,
103
,
122
–
3
,
253
; laws of,
41
,
130
,
385
; his children,
see
Gunhilda; Harold; Harthacnut; Swein

Cnut IV, king of Denmark 6),
304
–
6
,
326
,
345

coins and coinage,
13
,
31
,
33
,
46
,
48
,
122
,
208
; sterling,
298

Colchester (Essex), castle,
297
,
334

Cologne,
103
,
247

Comines (Nord),
222

commendation,
107
,
248
,
283

Compiègne (Oise),
50

Constance, patron of Geoffrey Gaimar,
348

Constantine, emperor,
298

Constantinople,
95
,
155
–
6
,
360

Conwy, river,
292

Copsig, earl of Northumbria (d. 1067),
211
,
216
,
222

Cornwall,
214
,
220
,
227

coronation,
10
,
34
,
59
,
131
,
139
–
40
,
195
,
197
–
201
,
216
,
219
,
236
–
7
,
319
–
20
,
331
,
335
,
344
,
350
; see
also
crown-wearing

councils: Church,
58
,
86
,
91
–
2
,
98
,
103
–
4
,
129
,
238
–
9
,
242
,
257
–
8
,
306
,
338
–
9
,
365
; secular,
31
,
69
–
70
,
75
,
78
,
114
,
143
,
305

courts: national and secular,
27
,
208
,
257
,
286
,
318
,
338
,
351
; Church,
257
,
339
; baronial,
338
,
351
; see
also
law

Coutances (Manche), bp of,
87
; see
also
Geoffrey of Mowbray

Coventry (Warks),
263

Crediton,
98
,
258
,
384
; see
also
Leofric

Crowland (Lincs), abbey,
306

crown-wearing,
232
,
236
,
298
–
9
,
318

Crusade, First,
9
,
344

Cumbria,
121
,
126
–
7

Cynesige, abp of York
107
,
125

Danelaw,
121

Danes,
17
–
18
,
29
,
61
,
97
,
121
,
123
,
212
–
13
,
226
–
9
,
243
–
6
,
253
,
259
,
269
–
70
,
297
,
306
,
312
,
341
,
345
,
385
; see
also
Vikings

Dean, forest of,
226
,
291

Deheubarth, kingdom of,
292
; king of, see Rhys ap Tewder

Denmark,
29
,
31
–
2
,
37
,
60
–
2
,
66
,
147
,
150
,
157
–
9
,
225
,
245
,
304
; king of, see Cnut; Swein

Derbyshire,
128

Derwent, river,
163
–
4

Devon,
25
,
220
,
224
,
227

Dieppe (Seine-Mar.),
83
,
211

Dives, river,
94
,
153
,
168

Dives-sur-Mer (Calvados),
150
,
153
,
166
,
168
,
172