Lancaster (duke of), ascendency of, over Edw. III. iii. [55];
his ambitious projects, ib.;
cause of his retirement from court, [58];
he curries favour with the commons, [65] and note t;
his quarrel with Arundel and Gloucester, [74];
his marriage with Katherine Swineford, ib.;
his antenuptial children by her, [75];
conduct of Richard II. on his death, [80].
Lancastrians and Yorkists, wars of the, iii. [197].
Lando (Michel di), cause of the elevation of, i. 435;
his just exercise of power, 436;
sent into exile, 438.
Landwehr, antiquity of the, i. 263 note e.
Lanfranc (archbishop), arrogant conduct of, ii. 305 note h.
Languages, difficulty of accounting for the change of, i. 284, 285;
principles deducible from difference of language, 290, 291.
Languedoc, spread of the Albigensian heresy in, i. 28 and note;
devastation of the country by the papal forces, 28, 29 and notes;
its cession to the crown of France, 29;
its provincial assembly, 234.
Latimer (lord), impeached by the commons, iii. [56];
their further tactics regarding him, [59].
Latin tongue, corruption of the, iii. [275].
See [Learning].
Laura (Petrarch's mistress). See [Petrarch].