ENGLAND DURING THE LATTER YEARS OF EDWARD III.
Glories of the years succeeding the treaty of Calais.[419]
1361-69.John Froissart in England.[419]
His picture of the life of court and people.[420]
The national spirit in English literature.[420]
Gower and Minot.[420]
Geoffrey Chaucer.[421]
The standard English language.[421]
Lowland Scottish.[422]
The national spirit in art.[422]
"Flowing decorated" and "perpendicular" architecture.[422]
Contrast between England and Scotland.[423]
The national spirit in popular English literature.[423]
William Langland.[423]
His picture of the condition of the poor.[424]
The national spirit and the universities.[424]
Early career of John Wycliffe.[425]
Spread of cultivation among the laity.[426]
The national spirit in English law.[426]
The national spirit in commerce.[426]
Edward III.'s family settlement.[427]
Marriage of the Black Prince and Joan of Kent.[428]
Marriages of Lionel of Antwerp with Elizabeth de Burgh and Violante Visconti.[429]
Lionel in Ireland.[429]
Statute of Kilkenny.[429]
1361-69.Philippa of Clarence's marriage with the Earl of March.[430]
John of Gaunt and the Duchy of Lancaster.[430]
Continuation of ancient rivalries between houses now represented by branches of the royal family.[431]
The great prelates of the end of Edward III.'s reign.[431]
Feb., 1371.Parliament: clerical ministers superseded by laymen.[432]
Clerical and anti-clerical, constitutional and court parties.[433]
Edward III.'s dotage.[434]
Alice Perrers.[434]
Struggle of parties at court.[434]
Increasing bitterness of the opposition to the courtiers.[434]
April-July, 1376.The "Good Parliament".[435]
Fall of the courtiers.[436]
8 June.Death of the Black Prince.[437]
John of Gaunt restored to power.[438]
Jan., 1377.Packed parliament, and the reaction against the Good Parliament.[438]
Persistence of the clerical opposition.[439]
The attack on John Wycliffe.[439]
10 Feb.Wycliffe before Bishop Courtenay.[439]
John of Gaunt's substantial triumph.[440]
21 June.Death of Edward III.[441]
Characteristics of his age.[441]