Edward III. lays claim to the French throne, i. 48;
its injustice shown, ib. and note 49;
his policy prior to resorting to arms, 49;
his chances of success, 51;
attempt of the pope to dissuade him from the attempt, ib. note;
principal features in his character, 52;
extent of his resources, 53, 54, and notes;
excellence of his armies, 55 and note;
his acquisition after the battles of Crecy and Poitiers, 56;
his alliance with Charles the Bad, 57;
conditions of the peace of Bretigni, 59;
his stipulation relative to Aquitaine, 61 and note p;
his reverses and their causes, 62, 63 and notes;
his opposition to the pope, ii. 239;
progress of parliament under him, iii. [42];
his attempts at encroachment, [44-47];
ascendency of Lancaster and Alice Perrers over him, [55];
ordinance against Alice, [56];
repeal thereof, [57];
revival of the prosecution against her, [58] and [note] g;
his debts to Italian bankers, [340].
Edward the Black Prince, character of, i. 52;
his victory at Poitiers, 55;
created prince of Aquitaine, 61;
his impolitic conduct in Guienne, 63;
summoned before the peers of France, ib. and note t;
machinations relative to his heir, iii. [55] and [note] a;
his jealousy of the duke of Lancaster, [56];
his death, 57.
Edward IV. accepts a pension from Louis XI., i. 89;
his military force, ib. note p;
Louis's reasons for declining a visit from him, 90;
his accession to the throne, iii. [198];
his inexcusable barbarities, [199];
popularity of his government, ib.;
his system of benevolences, [200].
Edwy and Elgiva. See [Dunstan].
England, first infested by the Danes, i. 21;
its resources under Edward III., 53, 54;
causes of the success of its armies, 55, 77;
high payment to its men-at-arms, 77 note t;
discomfiture of its troops by Joan of Arc, 79;
impolicy touching its relations with France, 82;
deprived of its French possessions by Charles VII., 83;
its obsequiousness to the hierarchy, ii. 158;
its opposition to ecclesiastical jurisdiction, 222-225;
its protest against the exactions of the church, 238, 239 and notes;
its share in the council of Constance, 244 and note;
enactment of the statute of præmunire, 251;
effect of Wicliff's principles, 252;
progress of the country under the Anglo-Saxons [see [Anglo-Saxons]];
its state at the period of the Norman conquest, 302, 303;
fruitless resistance of its people to Norman rule, 304 and notes;
expulsion of its prelates and maltreatment of its nobles, 305 and note;
attempted suppression of its language, 306 and note;
wholesale spoliation of property, 308;
abject condition of English occupiers, 309, 310;
vastness of the Norman estates explained, 310;
conquered England compared with conquered Gaul, 311;
forest devastations and forest laws, 311, 312 and notes;
depopulation of the towns, 312;
establishment of feudal customs, 314;
preservation of the public peace, 315;
difference between feudalism in England and in France, 316, 317;
hatred by the English of the Normans, 318;
oppressions and exactions of the Norman government, 318, 320;
nature of the taxes then levied, 321, 322;
laws and charters of the Norman kings, 323, 324;
banishment of Longchamp by the barons, 325;
establishment of Magna Charta, 326;
difficulty of overrating its value, 327;
outline of its provisions, 321, 328;
confirmation thereof by Henry III., 329;
constitutional struggles between him and his barons, 331, 334;
limitations on the royal prerogative, 334, 335 and notes;
institution of the various courts of law, 336-338;
origin of the common law, 339-341;
character and defects of the English law, 341-343;
hereditary right of the crown established, 343-346;
legal position of the gentry, 346-348;
causes of civil equality, 348-351;
character of its government, iii. [147];
prerogatives of its kings, [147-150];
mitigation of the forest laws, [150] and [note] p;
jurisdiction of its constable and marshal, [151], [152] and [notes];
spirit of independence exhibited in mediæval ballads, [265-267];
its customs farmed by Italian bankers, [339], [340] [note] d.
English constitution, character of the, iii. [152];
Sir John Fortescue's doctrine, [153-155];
Hume's erroneous views regarding it, [155], [158];
causes tending to its formation, [159];
effect of the loss of Normandy, [160];
real source of English freedom, [162];
principle involved in the relationship between lords and their vassals, ib.;
right of distress on the king's property, [163];
feudal sources of constitutional liberty, [164];
influence of the nobility, [165];
salutary provisions of Edward I., [169];
nature and gradual extinction of villenage, [171-183];
instances of regencies and principles whereon they are founded, [184-190];
doctrine of prerogative, [257-260].
See [Anglo-Saxons], [England], [Feudal System], [Parliament].
Erigena. See [Scotus] (John).
Ethelwolf, grant of, relative to tithes, ii. 146 note a, 263.
Eudes elected king by the Franks, i. 127;
his qualifications for the dignity, ib.
Eudes (duke of Burgundy). See [Burgundy].