Transcriber’s note
Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Spelling of names have been standardized. Otherwise, spelling has been retained as originally published.
Illustrations tags have been moved so they do not break up the paragraphs. Page numbers in the [List of Illustrations] and the [List of Plates] reflect the position of the illustration in the original text, but links link to current position of illustrations.
Page [xiv]: Entries for CLERICAL LIFE were put in alphabetical order.
Page number references in the index are as published in the original publication and have not been checked for accuracy in this eBook.
The following printer error has been changed:
| Page [46]: “or magus altare” | “or majus altare” | |
| Page [46]: “renew this cœlatura” | “renew this cælatura” | |
| Page [85]: “eleemosyæ, the” | “eleemosynæ, the” | |
| Page [172]: “as Aelfric tells us” | “as Ælfric tells us” | |
| Page [219]: “at at St. Mary Church” | “at St. Mary Church” | |
| Page [230]: “denunciation, an incicident” | “denunciation, an incident” | |
| Page [261]: “London. Théy begin” | “London. They begin” |