Foundation (History of England Vol 1) (75 page)

see also
cathedrals

churchyards
see
cemeteries

Cicero,
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Cistercians, Order: settle in England,
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,
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practise eviction,
ref 1

Clarence, George, Duke of: and recognition of Elizabeth Woodville as queen,
ref 1

Warwick promises crown to,
ref 1
,
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proposed marriage to Warwick’s daughter,
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Edward IV seeks friendship,
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in Warwick’s rebellion,
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deserts Warwick for Henry VI,
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rivalry with Edward IV,
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,
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murdered in Tower,
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,
ref 2

Clarendon, Constitutions of (1164),
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class (social): system develops,
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see also
hierarchies

Claudius, Roman Emperor,
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,
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climate: variability,
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human effect,
ref 1

clocks,
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,
ref 2

Clyn, John,
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coal: Romans and,
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Coelius (Coel Hen; ‘Old King Cole’),
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coins and coinage: under Normans,
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debased under Henry I,
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Coke, Sir Edward,
ref 1

Colchester (Camulodunum),
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cloth manufacture,
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Coleswain of Lincoln,
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commerce
see
trade

common people: lives and conditions,
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,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

effect of Black Death on,
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dress and behaviour regulated by law,
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Commons, House of
see
parliament

communitas
(local self-rule),
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,
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Commynes, Philippe de,
ref 1
,
ref 2

Complaint of the Poor Commons of Kent
,
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Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor,
ref 1

Conway Castle, Wales,
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,
ref 2

Conyers, Sir John (‘Robin of Redesdale’; ‘Robin Mend-All’),
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cooking
see
food and drink

Cornwall: Pytheas visits,
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Celtic language,
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coronations (royal),
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see also
individual monarchs

Cotton, Sir Robert,
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Council Learned in the Law,
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courtly love,
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courts of law,
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Coventry,
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Crane, Matilda,
ref 1

cranes (lifting),
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Crécy, battle of (1346),
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,
ref 2

crime: rises at times of harvest failure,
ref 1

violent,
ref 1
,
ref 2

and punishment,
ref 1

prevalence under Henry VI,
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Crowland Chronicle
,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Crusade, Third,
ref 1

Cunobelinus,
ref 1

cursus monuments,
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customs: prehistoric origins,
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and continuity,
ref 1
,
ref 2

customs duties: under Edward I,
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,
ref 2

Cuthbert, St,
ref 1

Danegeld (tax),
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Danelaw, the,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Danes
see
Denmark

David I, King of Scotland,
ref 1

‘Deadmen’s Den’ (Blore Heath battlefield),
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death
see
burial; mortality

Deeds of Henry V, The
,
ref 1
,
ref 2

Deira, kingdom of,
ref 1

Denmark: Viking raiders from,
ref 1
,
ref 2

invasions and settlement in England,
ref 1

subjects fight on English side at Hastings,
ref 1

Despenser, Henry, Bishop of Norwich,
ref 1

Despenser, Hugh le (father and son),
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

diet
see
food and drink

doctors,
ref 1

Domesday Book
(‘The King’s Book’),
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

domestic life: in Paston letters,
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Dominican Order,
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Dover: name,
ref 1

dress: in Bronze Age,
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under Romans,
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Anglo-Saxon,
ref 1
,
ref 2

legislation on,
ref 1

drink
see
food and drink

Druids,
ref 1
,
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,
ref 3

drunkenness,
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Dublin: as Norse trading centre,
ref 1

Dudley, Edmund,
ref 1

Dumnonii (tribe),
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Dunstan, St, Archbishop of Canterbury,
ref 1

Durham: Cathedral,
ref 1

pilgrimages to,
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Germanic structures,
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Durotriges (tribe),
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,
ref 2

East Anglia: settled,
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Danes in,
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East Saxons,
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,
ref 2

East Stoke, battle of (1487),
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economic activity: fifteenth century improvement,
ref 1

see also
trade; wool

Edgar Atheling,
ref 1

Edgar, King of the English,
ref 1

Edinburgh,
ref 1

Edington, battle of (878),
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Edith, Queen of Henry I,
ref 1
,
ref 2

Edmund Ironside, King of the English,
ref 1

education: children’s,
ref 1

university,
ref 1

see also
schools

Edward I, King: captures Gwynedd,
ref 1

wars against Scotland and Wales,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

and de Montfort’s war with Henry III,
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imprisoned as hostage,
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escapes and defeats de Montfort at Evesham,
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on crusade,
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accession and coronation,
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attempted assassination,
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interest in Gascony,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

soldierly qualities,
ref 1

appearance and personality,
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reclaims father’s lost lands,
ref 1

taxes and customs,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

authority,
ref 1
,
ref 2

and international finance,
ref 1
,
ref 2

represses and expels Jews,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

law and administration reforms,
ref 1

raises paid troops,
ref 1

and death of first wife (Eleanor),
ref 1

remarries (Margaret),
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death,
ref 1

Edward II, King: acclaimed Prince of Wales,
ref 1

birth and upbringing,
ref 1

character and tastes,
ref 1

coronation,
ref 1

marriage and children,
ref 1

relations with Piers Gaveston,
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baronial opposition to,
ref 1

conflict with Scots,
ref 1
,
ref 2

and execution of Gaveston,
ref 1

disgraced by Bannockburn defeat,
ref 1

appoints Despenser chamberlain,
ref 1

provokes civil war and violence,
ref 1

authority and tyrannical rule,
ref 1
,
ref 2

calls parliament at York (1322),
ref 1

dispute over Gascony,
ref 1

Isabella rebels against,
ref 1

deposed and killed,
ref 1