Jane of Navarre, treaty entered into on behalf of, i. 45;
betrayal of her cause by the duke of Burgundy, 47;
she recovers Navarre, ib. note g.
Janizaries, institution of the, ii. 137.
Jerome of Prague, burned to death, ii. 102.
Jerusalem, foundation of the kingdom of, i. 38;
its conquest by Saladin, 40;
restored to the Christians by the Saracens, 41;
oppressive system of marriages there, under the feudal system, 180;
title of the kings of Naples to sovereignty over it, 386 note d.
Jews, wealth amassed and persecutions endured by the, i. 209;
their early celebrity as usurers, ib. note b;
their final expulsion from France, 210 and note d;
ordinances against them, 222;
exorbitant rates paid by them in England, ii. 320;
their massacre by the Pastoureaux, iii. [297];
their liability to maltreatment, [305];
barbarous customs regarding them, ib. [note];
the Jew-drowning story, [306] [note] u;
their early money dealings, [338];
toleration vouchsafed to them, ib.;
decline of their trade, [339];
their addiction to coin-clipping, [369] [note] t.
Joan of Arc, character, successes, and fate of, i. 79, 80;
her betrayer, 84 note f;
her name and birthplace, 143;
great merit of Southey's poem, ib.
Joanna of Naples, married to Andrew of Hungary, i 486;
her husband's murder imputed to her, ib. and note q;
she dies by violence, 487.
Joanna II. of Naples, and her favourites, i, 489;
her vacillation relative to her successors, 490;
puts Caraccioli to death, 491 note.
John I. of Castile, accession of, ii. 15;
his merited defeat by the Portuguese, 16.
John II. of Castile, wise government by the guardians of, during his infancy, ii. 15, 16;
he disgraces and destroys his favourite Alvaro de Luna, 16, 17;
his death, 17;
its results, 58.