A Literary History of the English People, from the Origins to the Renaissance

by J. J. Jusserand

INDEX.

Abbeys, [158] ff.
A. B. C., [275].
Abel, [475].
Abélard, [170], [461].
Abernun, P. d', [120].
Abraham and Isaac, a play, [466].
Abstractions, personified, [218], [331], [490].
Achilles, [129], [310].
Acta Sanctorum, [470].
Actors, [446] ff., [467] ff.
Adam, in Anglo-Saxon Bible, [72], and Eve, [359]; [381], a mystery, [468] ff., [474] ff.
Adam, "scriveyn," [339].
Addison, [296].
Adgar, [123].
Adrian IV., pope, [111], [188].
Ælfric, [45], [88] ff., [205], [449].
Aelred of Rievaulx, [154], [193], [213], [445] ff.
Æneas the Trojan, [114], [129], [295], see "Enéas."
Æsop, [508].
Æthelberht, [61].
Æthelred, [79].
Æthelstan, [28], [46], [93].
Æthelwold, [88].
Æthelwulf, [63].
Aetius, [26].
Agricola, [20].
Ailill, [13].
Aïmer, [147].
Aix, Albert d', [409].
Alaric, [26].
Albin, St., [220].
Alchemist, in Chaucer, [325], [327].
Alcuin, [65] ff., [81], [82].
Aldhelm, [66], his riddles, [72].
"Alemanni," [25].
Alexander, romances on, [127] ff.; [222].
Alexander, bishop of Lincoln, [162].
Alfred the Great, [27], [28], [61], [63], life and works, [79] ff.; [243].
Aliénor of Aquitaine, [112].
Aliénor of Provence, [112], [454].
Allegories, in Roman de la Rose, [276] ff.
Allen, Grant, on Germanic names, [31], on Norman names, [244].
Alliteration, in Anglo-Saxon and in French, [37] ff., in Aldhelm, [66], after the Conquest, [205] ff.; [245], Chaucer's opinion about, [339]; [348], [351], in Langland, [401].
Ambrose, companion of Richard Cœur-de-Lion, [121].
America, discovered, [491].
Amis and Amile, [142], [229].
Ammianus Marcellinus, [32], [114].
Anatomy of Abuses, [346].
Anchoresses, [153], [211] ff.
Ancren Riwle, [211] ff., [218], [247].
Anderida, [30].
Andreas, [39], [69], [73] ff.
Anelida see Complaint.
Angevin England, literature of, Bk. ii. c. ii., iii., iv., [116] ff.; survives in Gower, [364].
Angle, Sir Guichard d', [284].
Angles, [22], [25], [27], [84].
"Angli," [20].
Anglo-Saxons, their name, [28], vocabulary, [29], national poetry, Bk. i. c. iii., [36] ff., Mss. and art of, [45], [63], [65], despondency of, [47] ff., [56] ff., their idea of death, [57] ff., their Christian literature, Bk. i. c. iv., [60] ff., their internal divisions, [93], how transformed by Norman conquest, [203] ff., [250], mind and genius of, [300], [316], [344], [402], Chaucer and the, [338] ff.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, [46], [47], [62], [86] ff., on Hastings, [100], [103], on William, [105] ff.
Anne of Bohemia, [265], [454] ff.
Annebaut, R. d', [120].
Anselm, St., [165], [193], [198].
Antenor, the Trojan, [113].
Antigone of Sophocles, [34].
Antiocheis, [176].
Antoninus Pius, [19], [20].
Apelles, [286], [294].
Apollinia, life of St., and drama on, [470] ff.
Apollonius of Tyre, in A.S., [79].
Appius and Virginia, [325], [330].
Aquinas, St. Thomas, [165].
Arabian Nights, [496].
Arbois de Jubainville, d', on Celts, [5] ff.
Arc, Joan of, [256], [354], [459].
Architecture, of the Anglo-Saxons, [63], Norman, [107], perpendicular, [261], with "pinnacles," 297; [353], of Westminster Hall, [414].
Argentille, [223].
Argyropoulos, [523].
Ariosto, [17], [97].
Aristotle, [120], [165], [173], [194], [380].
"Armachanus," see Fitzralph.
Armenia, [201].
Armorica, [33].
"Army," the Danish, [80].
Arnold, T., on Beowulf, [48], on Wyclif, [432].
Art: Henry III.'s style, [200], [262], gold and silver tablets, cups, &c., [258] ff., pictures, [258], [262], miniatures, [259], tapestries, [262], embroidery, [264], statue from the nude, [265], painted walls and stained glass, [280], in Italy, [285] ff., antique, [287] ff., portrait of Chaucer, [341], [503], favoured by Plantagenets, [353] ff., tomb of Gower, [365], Malvern Church, [376], picture by Fouquet, [470] ff., fresco at Stratford-on-Avon, [494]; see Architecture, Miniatures.
Arthur, King, early songs on, [32]; [112], 113, [127]; cycle of, [131] ff.; [177], in Layamon, [220] ff.; [222], [226], [348] ff.
Ass, feast of the, [452].
Asser, [81], [82].
Astrée, [139].
Astrolabe, [337], [341], [411].
Attila, [26], [44], [48].
Aucassin, [227], [404], [503].
Augier, of St. Frideswide's, [123].
Augustine, comes to England, [60] ff.
Augustus, the emperor, [129], [481], [486].
Aungerville, Sir R., [166].
Ausonius, [33].
Avebury, circles at, [4].
Avesbury, Robert of, [174], [201].
Avignon, [158], [391], [420].
Avit, St., bishop of Vienna, [75].
Ayenbite of Inwyt, [214].
Aymon, [156].
Bacchanals, [449] ff.
Bacchus, theatre of, [476].
Bacon, Roger, [165], [193], [194].
"Badin," on the stage, [492].
Bailey, Harry, of the "Tabard," [316] ff., [321] ff., [341].
Balade de bon Conseyl, [341].
Balduf, [221].
Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, [176], [177], [198].
John Ball, priest, [359], [368], [401], [413], [491].
Ballads, by Chaucer, [271], on Griselda, [332]; [352] ff., by Gower, [366] ff.; [512], see "Chansons," and Songs.
Ballets, [456].
Barbour, J., [361] ff., [507].
Bards, Celtic, [10].
Barking, Clemence of, [123].
Barry, Gerald de, on Welshmen, [10]; [19], [117], [134], [176], [192], [198].
Barry, Richard de, [203].
Barry, William de, [198].
Bartholomew, St., life of, in A.S., [91].
Bartholomew the Englishman, [169], [195], [225], [406].
Bath, ruins at, [19], [59].
"Battle," Bk. ii. c. i., [97] ff.
Battle abbey, [102] ff.
Bavaria, Isabeau of, [455].
Bayard, a horse, [271].
Bayeux tapestry, [100].
Beauchamp, family of, [109].
Beaufort, Jane, [504].
Beaumont, Louis de, bishop of Durham, [162].
Beauty, physical, [264], Chaucer's idea of, [292]; [353], ff.
Beauveau, Pierre de, [311], [354].
Becket, St. Thomas, life in French, [123]; [156], [165], [188] ff., [208], [319].
Bede, [57], [62], life and works, [66] ff., [81], translated by Alfred, [82] ff.; [205], [220].
Bedford, George Neville, duke of, [515].
Bédier, on fabliaux, [142].
Bello Trojano, De, [176].
Beowulf, [37] ff., [45], [47], analysis of, [48] ff., compared with Roland, [54] ff.; [99], [219], [338].
Bercheur, Pierre, [183].
Berger, S., on Bible, [433].
Berkeley, Edward of, [284].
Bernard, St., [188], [191].
Berners, Dame Juliana, [522].
Bernlak de Haut Désert, [350].
Bérou, author of a Tristan, [134].
Berry, Jean duc de, [76].
Beryn, tale of, [320].
Bessarion, [168], [525].
Bestiaire d'Amour, [123].
Bestiaries, [76], [123], [214], [276], [409].
Betenham, William, [312].
Bevis of Hampton, [223].
Bible, in Anglo-Saxon, [71] ff., by Ælfric, [87], in English, in French, [207]; [315], quoted in Parliament, [415] ff., translated by Wyclif, [432] ff., dramatised, [489], Pecock on, [521].
"Bibles," moral works, [366].
Biblesworth, Walter de, [237].
Bigod, [250], [109].
Biquet, Robert, [226].
Biscop, Benedict, [66].
Bishops, warrior, learned, saintly, [162] ff.
Blacke, Anthony, [256].
Black Prince, [232], [242], [262], [264], [284], [425].
Blanket, of Bristol, [256].
Blickling Homilies, [45], [88] ff.
Boccaccio, [143], [268], [282], [288] ff., [299] ff., [320] ff., [332], [370] ff., [499].
Body and Soul, debate of, [230].
Boece, translated by Alfred, [82], [84] ff.; [165], [175], translated by Chaucer, [291]; [339], [411], [490], [505].
Bohemia, heresies in, [438].
Bohemond, of Antioch, [107].
Böhler, Peter, [438].
Bohun, [109], [250].
Boileau, [330], [473].
Boke of Nurture, [264], of St. Albans, [522].
Boldensele, William of, [409].
Bollandus, [470].
Bonaventure, St., [214].
Boncuor, William de, [272].
Boniface, St., [64], [65], [68].
Boniface VIII., [432].
Book of Cupid, [279], of the Duchesse, [272], [279] ff., [499], of Nurture, [264], of St. Albans, [522].
"Börn," [44].
Bossert, on Tristan, [135] ff.
Bourgogne, Jean de, à la barbe, [407] ff.
Bourse pleine de sens, [226].
Bozon Nicole, [118], [123].
Bracton, H. de, [196], [235], [254].
Bradford-on-Avon, Anglo-Saxon Church at, [63].
Bradshaigh, lady, [333].
Bradshaw, on Chaucer, [324] ff.
Bradwardine, archbishop, [193], [194].
Brakelonde, Jocelin de, [124].
Brampton, Thomas, [496].
Brandan, St., [209], [210].
Brantingham, Thomas de, [452].
Breakspeare, Nicolas, [111], [188].
Brescia, Albertano de, [325], [331].
Brétigny, peace of, [271], [391].
Britain, Celtic, Bk. i. c. i., [3] ff.
Britons, [7] ff., not destroyed by Anglo-Saxons, [29] ff.; [177], "gentil," [330], [338].
Brittany, its literature, [13], how populated, [33]; [132].
Broker, Nicolas, [265].
Bromyard, John of, [183].
Brooke, Stopford, [39], [72].
Browning, Robert, [342], and Preface.
Bruce, David, [115].
Bruce, the, [361].
Brunanburh, ode on, [46].
Brunne, see Mannyng.
Brut of Layamon, [219] ff.
Brutus the Trojan, [112], [114].
Bukton, [341].
Bunyan, [57], [216], [382].
Burgundy, Henry of, [107].
Burnellus, the ass, [178].
Burns, Robert, [510].
Burton, Thomas of, [266].
Bury, Richard of, [166] ff., [169], [175], [188], [202], [203].
Byrhtnoth, [47].
Byron, lord, [38], [139].
Cædmon, [45], [68], life and works, [70] ff.
Cæsar, on Celts, [6], [7], [11], [18], on Germans, [23]; [29], [222].
Cain, [475].
Callisthenes, pseudo, [128], [129].
Cambinscan, [325].
Cambrensis, see Barry.
Cambridge, University of, [173] ff.
Canterbury, Gervase of, [202].
" Thomas of, [258].
Canterbury Tales, [245], [296], [313] ff., [373], [497],

[499], [511].
Canynges, of Bristol, [515].
Capet, Hugues, [99].
Capgrave, [496], [522].
Caracalla, [19].
Carlyle, T., [87].
Carols, [349].
Carpenter's Tools, [230], [443].
Cartaphilus, [201].
Castle of Love, [214].
Castle of Perseverance, [491].
Castoiement d'un père à son fils, [370], [447].
Cathedrals, Norman, [107] ff., [124], [162].
Catherine, life of St., [459], drama on St., [459] ff.
Cato on Gauls, [9].
Causa Dei, De, [194].
Caxton, [152], [342], [366], [372], [406], [515], [521], [522].
Ceadwalla, [63].
Celestinus, [185].
Cecile, St., see Lyf of.
Celts, name, origin, literature, religion of the, [5] ff.; fate after the A.S. conquest, [29] ff., their ideal, [210], wit and genius, [300], [402], in Scotland, [503].
Cemeteries, dances in, [448] ff.
Cento Novelle Antiche, [325].
Cervantes, [97], [133], [141], [330].
Champeaux, Guillaume de, [170].
Chanson de Roland, [54] ff., [125] ff., [146], [156], [273].
Chansons, French, [142] ff., [148], sung in London, [355] ff.
Chantecleer, the cock, [149] ff., [325], [328] ff.
Chanteloup, Walter de, [444], [449].
Chantries, [378] ff.
Chap-books, [225], [506].
Chapelain, André le, [140].
Chapu, Guillaume, [120].
Chardry, [123].
Charisius, [9].
Charlemagne, [35], [61], [65] ff., [79], [99], [125]; caricatured, [146] ff.; [156], [222], [441].
Charles the Bald, [63].
Charles V. of France, [171], [195], [259].
" VI. " , [456].
" V. of Germany, [101].
Charnay, Henri de, inquisitor, [159].
Chastoiement des Dames, [230].
Château d'Amour, [213].
Chaucer, Alice, [354].
" Geoffrey, his "somnour," 161; [182], [215], [218], [225], [232], [240], [244]; life and works, Bk. iii. c. ii., [267] ff., his contemporaries, Bk. iii. c. iii., [344] ff.; [369]; compared with Langland, [372] ff, [388] ff., [392], [402]; [379], [382], [422]; on miracle plays, [461], [469], [478], [490]; successors and imitators, Bk. iii. c. vii., [495] ff.
Chaucer, John, [268].
" Philippa, [272].
" Thomas, [273], [354].
"Chaucer Society," [343].
Cheldric, [221].
Cheriton, Odo de, [178].
Chester Plays, [465] ff., their end, [492].
Chester, Randolf, earl of, [359].
Chestre, Thomas, [230].
"Chests," at the University, [175].
Chettle, [332].
Chevy Chase, [512].
Chienne qui pleure, [154], [184], [225] ff., [447] ff.
Child, Prof., on ballads, [353].
Chimneys, [262].
Chlochilaicus, [50].
Christ, [72], [75].
Christianity, in Roman England, [18], in Anglo-Saxon England, [30], [57], [60] ff.
Christmas, how celebrated, [450] ff., plays, [457] ff.
Chronicles, Anglo-Norman, [113] ff., [121], Latin, [166] ff., [197] ff., in the XVth century, [496] ff.
Chrysococcès, [523].
Chrysoloras, [523].
Church, the English, [157] ff., Wyclif on, [423] ff., [430] ff., decaying in the XVth century, [497].
Cicero, [168], [498].
Cirencester, Richard of, [202].
Claris Mulieribus, De, [294].
Clarissa Harlowe, [333], [484].
Classic influences and models, [166], [374].
Claudian, [295], [297].
Claudius the emperor, [18], [19].
"Clavilegno," [330].
Cleges, [226].
Cleomades, [325].
Cleopatra, on the stage, [129].
Clerc, Guillaume le, [123], [483].
Clerk of Oxford, Chaucer's, [314], [325], [332] ff.
Clerks, slothful, [167] ff., at the University, [169] ff., belong to the Latin country, [176] ff.
Clovis, [26], a Romanised barbarian, [34], [50], [99].
Cnut the Dane, [93], [112], [113].
Coal mines, [255].
Cobham, Thomas de, [175].
Cobsam, Adam de, [496].
Cochin, H., on Boccaccio, [288].
Codex Exoniensis, [45].
Codex Vercellensis, [45].
Cœnewulf, [66].
Coggeshall, Radulphus de, [195], [202].
Coinci, Gautier de, [325].
Coins, Anglo-Saxon, [79].
Cokaygne, [226].
Cokwolds' Dance, [226].
Coleridge, S. T., [42].
Colgrim, [220].
Colonna, Gui de, [299].
Columba, St., [63].
Comedy, scenes of, [484] ff.
Comestor, Pierre, [215], [409].
Cominges, Count de, [202].
Commines, [250], [255].
Commons, of England, [250] ff., [266], Langland on the, [389] ff.
Complaint of Anelida, [292], [294], of a Lover's Life, [279], unto Pite, [272], [279], of the Plowman, [401], of Venus, [275], [341].
Communism, Wyclif on, [430] ff.
Comus, [456].
Conchobar, [11] ff.
Condé, Baudouin de, [445].
" Jean de, [444].
Confessio Amantis, [365], [366], [369] ff.
"Confrères de la Passion," [480], [493].
Conquest, Norman-French, Bk. ii., [95] ff., silence after the, [204] ff.
Constance, Chaucer's Story of, [325], [331], [335].
Constant du Hamel, [496].
Constantius Chlorus, [19].
Constantine the Great, [20].
Constantine XII., [524].
Constantinople, taken by the Turks, [524].
Conte des Hiraus, [445].
Corbichon, Jean, translates Bartholomew the Englishman, [195], [225].
Cook, Captain, [7].
Cookery, [263] ff., [516].
Cordier, H., on Mandeville, [407], [409].
Corneille, Pierre, [156], [471].
Cornelius Gallus, [33].
Cornelius, Nepos, [176], [191].
Cornish drama, [466].
Cornwall, Celtic, [32], [132].
Corpus Christi plays, [459].
Corpus Poeticum Boreale, [40] ff.
Cotton, Bartholomew de, [202].
Cotton, John, a painter, [258].
Councils, on the drama, [440] ff., [449].
Coupe Enchantée, [226].
Court, amusements at, [441] ff., fool, [441] ff., dramas, [476], poetry, [353] ff., [366] ff.
Court of Love, [279], [497], [512].
Courtenay, embroiderer, [264].
Courtenay, bishop of London, [426].
Courtesy, books of, [515] ff.
Courtin, Honoré, ambassador, [255].
Coventry Mysteries and pageants, [465] ff.
Cowper, William, [57].
Coxe, Brinton, on Bracton, [196].
Credon, Sir Richard, [275].
Cressida, [301] ff., see Troilus.
Croniques de London, [119], [242].
Cuchulaïnn, [11] ff.
Cursor Mundi, [215] ff., [222], [225], [260].
Cuthberht, [64], [67], [68].
Cuthwine, [67].
Cycles of France, Rome and Britain, [125] ff.
Cynewulf, [39], [70], works and genius of, [72] ff., [92].
Daisy, praise of the, [275] ff.
Dalila, [372].
Dame Siriz, [225] ff.
Danes, place names recalling them, [80]; [120].
Dante, [118], [128], [154], [169], [186], [206], [288], [290], [294] ff., [325] ff., [330], [393].
Dares the Phrygian, [128] ff., [134], [297], [299].
David, King, [272].
Davidson, Ch., on Mysteries, [466].
Davy Adam, [360].
Deadly Sins, in Langland, [386].
Death, Celts' idea of, [7] ff., Greeks', [7] ff., Frenchmen's, [57] ff., Anglo-Saxons', [56] ff., [74], Rolle of Hampole's, [218], Black Prince's, [353]; an occasion for jokes, [449], on the stage, [490], [491].
Débat des Hérauts de France et d'Angleterre, [517].
Decameron, [287], [320] ff., [325].
Defoe, [162], [224], [407].
Degrevant, [347].
Deguileville, [275], [498], [500].
Dekker, [332].
Delisle, Leopold, on Bartholomew the Englishman, [195].
Des Champs, Eustache, [257], [275], on Chaucer, [278], on diplomatic service, [282]; [289], [340], [360].
Deor, [38], [59].
Departed Soul's Address, [75].
Derdriu, [15] ff.
Dermot, [121].
Despencer, Henry le, bishop of Norwich, [164].
Devil, described by Ælfric, [90], and St. Dunstan, [209], tempts Rolle of Hampole, [217], on the stage, [471], [475].
Dialect, of Chaucer, [338] ff., of Langland, [401], Scotch, [503].
Dialogues, in Celtic Literature, [13] ff., in Anglo-Saxon, [75], in Latin, [187], [191], in Troilus, [303]; [442], ff., after dinner, [444], in interludes, [446] ff., in pageants, [454] ff., in Mysteries, [477] ff., in Roman de la Rose, [490].
Dialogus de Scaccario, [196].
Diceto, Radulph de, [202].
Dictys of Crete, [128] ff.
Diderot, [328].
Dido (in Chaucer), [295].
Dietrich, [72].
Digby Mysteries, [466] ff.
Diodorus Siculus, [101].
"Dirige," [379].
Disobedient Child, [491].
"Disputoisons" or Debates, [144], [230], [441] ff.
Dissuasio Valerii ad Rufinum, [191].
"Doctors," [193] ff.
Dogmas, attacked by Wyclif, [425], [435] ff.
Domesday Book, [100], [104] ff., [158].
Dominicans, [159] ff.
"Dominium" Fitzralph and Wyclif on, [429].
Domitius Afer, [33].
Donatus, [175].
Dormi Secure, [354].
Douglas, Gavin, [510].
"Dowel, Dobet, Dobest," [375] ff., [387], [395], [400].
Dragons and monsters, [50], [55] ff.
Drama, Bk. iii. c. vi., [439] ff.; civil 439 ff., religious, [456] ff.
Dramatic genius of the Celts, [13].
Dreams, Chaucer and Addison on, [296], Davy's, [367], Gower's, [368], poets', [497].
Dresemius, S., [117].
Druids, [9] ff.
Dryden, [343].
Duchesse, see Book of.
Dujon, see Junius.
Dunbar, [372], [503], [507], life and works, [510], [513].
Dunstable, play at, [460].
Dunstan, St., [88] ff., [209], [210], [217].
Durham, Simeon of, [202].
" William of, [175].
Duries, J., a scribe, [195].
Duties of a Parish Priest, [496].
Eadgar child, [103].
Eadmer, [198].
Eadwine's Canterbury Psalter, [76].
Eadwine, earl, [103].
Ealdred, archbishop of York, [103].
Ealwhine (Alcuin), [65].
Earle, on A.S. Literature, [39], on Beowulf, [48], on A.S. Chronicle, [87].
Easter, origin of the name, [62], drama, [457] ff.
Ecgberht, [68].
Ecgferth, [87].
École des Maris, [324].
Edda, [40] ff.
Edgar, king, [87], [88] ff.
Edgeworth, Miss, [332].
Edmund, St., [113], [209].
Edrisi, [129].
Eduini, king, [57].
Edward, king, the confessor, [97], [111], life of, in French, [123]; [208].
Edward I., [250], [270], [421], [443], [506].
" II., [108], [163], [194], [236], [253], [259], [260], [360], [384], [452].
Edward III., [232], [235], [247], [249],

[256], [264], [266], [272], [284], [360] ff., [406], [415], [495].
Edward IV., [513] ff.
Eginhard, [24], [46].
Eglamour, [347].
Ekkehard, [48].
Elene, [72] ff.
Elizabeth, queen, [372].
" wife of Lionel son of Edward III., [270].
Eloi, St., [209].
Enéas, [130].
England, first inhabitants of, [3] ff., between northern and southern civilisations, [97] ff., described by Robert of Gloucester, [122], "merry," [225], [232], [260], [267], [345], to the English, Bk. iii., [232] ff., trade and navy of, [255] ff., Chaucer's, [314] ff., threatening and threatened, [360], [363], Langland's, [374] ff., [389], parliamentary, [413] ff.
"Englescherie," presentment of, [235].
English, literature, under Norman and Angevin kings, [204] ff., revived, [216]; use of, by upper classes, [219] ff., authors adopt French tastes, [219] ff., fusion of, with French, [235] ff., people, how formed, [247] ff., Chaucer's, [337], Gower's, [369], used in Parliament, [421] ff., Wyclif's, [432], dramas, [460] ff., spoken in Scotland, [503], pride, [518].
Enoch, [227], [475].
Eostra, the goddess, [62].
Epinal Glossary, [45].
Erceldoune, Thomas of, his prophecies, [141].
Estorie des Engles, [113] ff.
"Estrifs," [230], [443], see Disputoisons.
Eulogium Historiarum, [197].
Euphuism, [38].
Eutrope, [120].
Everyman, [491].
"Exempla," [153] ff., [182] ff.
Exeter, Joseph of, [37], [176] ff., [181], [191].
Eyck, van, [352].
Eyrum, Robert de, [176].
Fables, Latin, [178], by Lydgate, [498], by Henryson, [508] ff.
"Fabliaux," French, [118], [152] ff., Latin, [183], [184], English, [225] ff., [325], [442] ff., turned into dramas, [447], of the XVth century, [496], [498].
Fahlbeck, on Geatas, [51].
Falle of Princes, [498] ff.
Fals Semblant, [397] ff., [490].
Falstofe, Sir J., [262].
Fame, see Hous of.
Fantosme, Jordan, [118].
Fasciculi Zizaniorum, [425], [428], [431], [435].
Fashions, [265], ridiculed, [358].
Fates of the Apostles, [72].
Ferumbras, [223].
Fielding, H., [224], [336], [517].
Figaro, [151], [229].
"File," [11].
Filocopo, [325].
Filostrato, [294], [299] ff.
Finsburg, song on the battle of, [47].
Fitzosbern, William, [103].
Fitzralph, Richard, [427], [429] ff.
Fitzstephen, [202], [460].
Fitzwarin, Fulke, [224].
Fleta, [197].
Floire and Blanchefleur, [142], [229].
Florence, mediæval, [286] ff., plague at, [320].
Flower and Leaf, [497], [512].
Foix, Gaston Phébus de, [273] ff.
Foliot, Gilbert, [165].
Fontevrault, royal tombs at, [109].
Fools, feast of, [452].
Forme of Cury, [263].
Fortescue, Sir John, [518].
Fouquet, Jean, picture by, [470] ff.
Four Elements, [491].
Four Sons of Aymon, [223].
Fournival, Richard de, [123].
Fournivall, lord, [502].
Fox, George, [216].
Fox and Wolf, [228] ff., [443].
Fozlan, Ahmed Ibn, [27].
Fragonard, [455].
France, first inhabitants of, [3] ff., a home for fabliaux, [155]; satirised, [360], see French.
France, Marie de, see Marie.
Franciade, [114], [339].
Francis, St., of Assisi, [159], [429].
Francis, St., of Sales, [211].
Francis I., King of France, [101], [253].
Franciscans, [159] ff., [165].
Francus the Trojan, [114].
Franklin, Chaucer's, [314], [325], [390] ff.
Franks, [22], [23], [25], [27], in Beowulf, [49], [53], loved by Christ, [147].
Freeman, Prof., [28].
French, invasion, Bk. ii., [95] ff., followers of William, [100], families and manners, [109], literature under Norman and Angevin kings, Bk. ii. c. ii., [116] ff.; language, in general use, [118] ff., at Court and in Parliament, [119], [420] ff., character, [126] ff., ideal, [155] ff., taught at the University, [175], not known by the "lowe men," [205]; used by English authors, [213] ff., [219] ff.; fusion of the, with the English, Bk. iii. c. i., [235] ff., in the courts of law, [238] ff., at Oxford, [239], disuse of, [239] ff., in diplomatic relations, [240] ff., survival of, [242] ff., Chaucer studies, [273], spoken by Richard II. and Gaston de Foix, [274], words in Chaucer, [337] ff., used by the Black Prince, [353] ff., songs, [355], Gower's, [364], [366] ff., Langland's 377, [400], Mandeville in, [408], not used by Christ, [434], of kings in Mysteries, [480].
Friar, Chaucer's, [323], [325], [327] ff., Diderot's, [328], derided, [358], Langland's, [384], [429] ff., [435].
Friday, "chidden," [285], [329].
"Friend of God of the Oberland," [403].
Frisians, [22], [27], in Beowulf, [53]; [65].
Fritzsche, on Andreas, [39].
Froissart, [127], [239], [255], [260], [261], [271], [273] ff., [301], compared with Chaucer, [317] ff.; [340], [404] ff., [455].
Furnivall, F. J., founder of the Early English Text Society, Chaucer, and Wyclif Society, &c., on Chaucer's tales, [324] ff.
Gaddesden, John of, [194].
Gaddi, Taddeo, [286].
Gaillard, Claude, [253].
Gaimar, [113] ff., [121], [223].
Galen, [178], [315].
Galois, Jean le, [226].
Gamelyn, tale of, [324].
Games, [414], [439] ff., [444].
Gascoigne, the theologian, [451].
Gaunt, John of, Duke of Lancaster, [272], [280] ff., [312], [406], [423], [426].
Gauvain, [141], [259].
Gawayne and the Green Knight, [223], [348] ff.
Gaytrige, John, [206].
Gaza, Theodore, [524].
Geatas, [51] ff.
Genesis and Exodus in English, [207].
"Genius," [371].
Genseric, [26].
Geoffrey, abbot of St. Albans, his play, [459] ff.
Geoffrey the grammarian, [517].
Gerald, see Barry.
Gerda, [42].
Gering, H., on Gretti, [49].
Germans, origin, manners, religion, war-songs of the, [21] ff., compared with the Celts, [240] ff.
Gerson, [278].
Gesta Regum Anglorum, [199].
Gesta Romanorum, [182], [183], [185] ff., [496], [501].
Gibbon, [122].
Gildas, [67], [132].
Gilds, perform religious plays, [465].
Giotto, [206] ff., [284], [286] ff., [294].
Giraldus Cambrensis, see Barry.
Gladstone, W. E., on University life, [173].
Glanville, Ralph, [196].
Glascurion, [338].
"Globe," the, [268].
Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of, [152], [176], [264].
Gloucester, Robert of, [116] ff., [119], [122], [221], [243], [404].
Gloucester, Thomas, Duke of, [277], [312], [365].
Goethe, [97].
Grosseteste, Robert, [118], [123], [160], [165], [205], [213] ff., [452].
Goldborough, [223].
Golias, [192].
Gollancz, [3], [39], [70], [75].
Gombert, [156], [324].
Gospels, copied by Anglo-Saxons, [65], in A.S., [88], in French, [123].
Gower, John, [119], [242], [257], [279], [285], [299], [325], [341], [354], life and works, [364] ff., compared with Langland, [373] ff., [502] ff., [510].
Gower, Sir Robert, [364].
Graal, quest of the, [141].
Graham, Sir Robert, [504].
Grammar, A.S. and English, [245].
Granson, O. de, [275].
"Graund Amoure," [347], [496].
Graystanes, Robert de, [166].
Greek classics, [523] ff.
Green, Mrs., on XVth century trade and navy, [514].
Gregory of Tours, [49].
Gregory the Great, St., [63]; translated by Alfred, [81] ff.; [123], [153].
Gregory IX., [160], [449] ff., [463].
Grein's Bibliothek, [40], [79].
Grendel, [50] ff., [69].
Greteham, Robert of, [118], [123].
Gretti and Beowulf, [49].
Grignan, Madame de, [57].
Grim, of Grimsby, [223].
Grimbold, [81].
Grindecobbe, [405].
Griselda, [142], [289], [325], [331] ff., [459], [478].
Grosvenor, Sir Robert, [271].
Grueber (and Keary) on A.S. coins, [79].
Gudrun, Queen, [44].
Guesclin, Du, [115], [156].
Guinevere, Queen, [139] ff.
Guiron, lay of, [136].
Guiscard, Robert, [107].
Gulliver, [407].
Gunnar, [42] ff.
Güterbock on Bracton, [196].
Guthrum, [80].
Guy of Warwick, [223] ff., [347], [500].
Hacon, King, [200].
Hadrian, [19].
Haigh, D. H., on Beowulf, [49].
Hales, Alexander of, [193].
" Thomas of, [211].
Hali Meidenhad, [206].
Hamlet, [57].
Hampole, Rolle of, [207], life and works, [216] ff.; [411].
Handlyng Synne, [214], [216].
Hardy, Sir T. D., on Matthew Paris, [200].
Hardyng, [497].
Harold, Godwinson, [97] ff., [198].
Harold Hardrada, [98] ff.
Harrowing of Hell, [443], [460].
Harry, Blind, the minstrel, [506] ff.
Hartley, Mrs., the actress, [129].
Hastings, battle of, Bk. ii. c. i., [97] ff.
Haughton, [332].
Hauréau, on G. de Vinesauf, [180].
Hauteville, Jean de, [177].
Havelok, lay of, [222], [223].
Hawes, Stephen, [496], [513].
Hawkwood, Sir J., [257], [284].
Hebenhith, Thomas de, [262].
Hector of Troy, [305].
Helen of Troy, [210].
Heliand, [71].
Hell, painted by Giotto, [206], represented at Torcello, [207], described, [210], besieged, [388], in Mysteries, [475], painted at Stratford-on-Avon, [494].
Helwis, [448].
Hemingburgh, Walter of, [201].
Hengest, [62], [112], [220].
Hengham, Judge, [238].
Henry I., Beauclerc, [176].
Henry II. of England, [106], [108], [109], [111], [112], [133], [156], [165], [176], [190], [198], [319].
Henry III., [107] ff., [112], [200], [201], [262], [417], [441], [454].
Henry IV., [236], [240], [342], [365], [421].
Henry V., [500].
Henry VII., [202], [504], [511], [513].
Henry VIII., [242], [342], [436].
Henryson, [497], [507] ff., [513].
Henslowe, Philip, [332].
Hereford, Nicolas de, [433].
Hereward, [224].
Hermit who got drunk, [183].
Herod, King, [326], [461], [469], [473], [479], [480] ff.
Herrtage, on Gesta Romanorum, [183].
Hervieux, on fabulists, [178].
Heyroun, Thomas, [268].
Heywood, Thomas, [500].
Higden, Ralph, [201], [236], [240], [258], [406].
Higelac (in Beowulf), [50] ff.
Hilary, his Latin plays, [460].
Hilda, abbess of Streonshalch, [63], [70].
Hildgund, [48].
Hincmar, of Reims, [63].
Hippocrates, [315].
Hirdboc, [81].
Historia Anglorum, [199].
Historia ecclesiastica of Bede,

[67] ff., of Orderic Vital, [198].
Historia Novorum, [198].
Historia Regum Britannia, [133] ff.
Histrions, [440] ff.
Hniflungs (Niblungs), [43].
Hoccleve, [341], [342], [496], [498], life and works, [501].
Hohlfield, on Mysteries, [466].
Holinshed, [114].
Holkot, Robert, [167].
Holy-Church, in Langland, [380].
Holy-Grail, [223].
Homer, [8], [127] ff., [293], [297], [299], [523].
Homilies, English, [206].
Honecourt, Villard de, [200].
Hood, Robin, [224], [359], [456].
Horace, on Gauls, [7]; [177], [180].
Horn, [223].
Horsa, [62], [112].
Horstmann, on Lives of Saints, [208].
Houghton, Adam, [415].
Hous of Fame, [279], [285], [291], [294] ff., [362], [497], [499].
Hoveden, Roger de, [162], [164], [202].
Hrothgar, in Beowulf, [50] ff.
Hübner, baron de, [58].
Hugh, St., bishop of Lincoln, [165].
Hugo, Victor, [3].
Hugolino, [325], [330].
Hugon, of Constantinople, [146].
Humour, Chaucer's, [317] ff., Wyclif's, [434] ff., Pecock's, [520].
Hundred Years' War, [202].
Hungerford, Sir Thomas, [251].
Huntingdon, Henry de, [132], [133], [166], [177], [199] ff.
Huntingdon, earl of, [284].
Huon de Burdeux, [223].
Hus, John, [438].
Iceland, its literature, [40] ff.
Image du Monde, [120].
Inferno, [118].
Ingelend, [491].
Innocent III., [170], [449], [450], [463].
Innocent IV., [173].
Innocents, feast of, [452].
Invasions, Germanic, Bk. i. c. ii., [21] ff., Scandinavian, [22] ff., Frankish, [25], [33], Anglo-Saxon, [28] ff., Danish, [79] ff., French, Bk. ii., [95] ff.
Ipomedon, [130].
Ireland, its literature, [10] ff., monks from, [63]; [518].
Irish language and literature, [10] ff., at the University, [173] ff.
Iscanus, [176].
Iseult, [211], see Tristan.
Isle of Ladies, [279], [497].
Isumbras, [347].
Italy, models from, copied by Chaucer, [291] ff., travels in, [283] ff., early Renaissance in, [285] ff.
Itineraries, [517].
Ivain, [141].
Jacquerie, [271].
Jacques le Fataliste, [328].
James, St., [393].
James I. of Scotland, [372], [503] ff.
" IV. " [510], [511].
Jarrow, monastery of, [66].
Jerome, St., [26], [191], [241].
Jessopp, Dr., on Matthew Paris, [200].
Jew, Wandering, [201].
Jews, saved, [399], [420], [485].
John the Baptist, St., [455].
John, King, Lackland, [108], [157], [441].
John, King of France, [115], [254].
John, the Saxon, [81].
Johnson, Dr., [57].
Joinville, [404].
Jonathan Wild, [336].
Jonathas, the Jew, [485].
Jones, Inigo, [476].
Jongleur, d'Ely, [442].
Jonson, Ben, [456], [522].
Joseph and Mary, [479], [484], as a workman, [485].
Joseph of Arimathea, [144], [223].
Judas, [398].
Judith, [39], [45], [71].
Jugglers, [439] ff.
Julian the Apostate, [471].
Juliana, [72].
Julleville, Petit de, on Mysteries, [457] ff.
Junius (F. Dujon), [71].
Jurists, [196] ff.
Justinian, [26], [50], [120], [250].
Jutes, [27] ff., [51].
Kaines, Ralph de, [211].
Kaluza, on Romaunt of the Rose, [278].
Keary, C. F., on Vikings, [44], on coins, [79], on Danish place-names, [80].
Kellawe, Richard de, [176].
Kenelm, St., [208].
Kent, Eustache or Thomas of, [130].
Kent, John, [290].
"King and Queen," Game of the, [444].
King Horn, [223].
King's Quhair, [505] ff.
Kings, Wyclif on, [432].
Kitredge, on Troilus.
Kitsun, [522].
Knight, Chaucer's, [314], [321], [324], [330], [504].
Knighton, on Wyclif, [436].
Knights, in Langland, [399].
Knyvet, John, [416], [417].
Koch, on Chaucer, [291].
Kölbing, on romances, [223].

La Calprenède, [300].
Lactantius, [77].
La Fontaine, [58], [179], [183], [226], [296], [298], [324], [325], [508].
Lai de l'Oiselet, [142].
Lai du Cor, [225].
Lamartine, [17].
Lament for the Makaris, [510].
Lancaster, Blanche, duchess of, [280] ff.
Lancaster, Henry of, [236], [240], see Henry IV.
Lancaster, see Gaunt.
Lancaster, Isabella of, [259].
Lancelot of the Lake, [139] ff., [192], [480].
Landscapes, in Anglo-Saxon literature, [55], [58] ff., [69] ff., [71] ff., [74], 92; in Renart, [152], in Chaucer, [281], [298], Scotch, [363], [508] ff., Shakespeare's, [473].
Lanfranc, [165], [193].
Lang, Andrew, on Aucassin, [237].
Lange, C., on Easter, [458].
Langland, William, [37], [240], [262], [345], [355], [359], life and works, Bk. iii. c. iv., [373] ff.; [422], [436], [441].
Langlois, on Roman de la Rose, [276].
Langtoft, Peter de, [118], [122], [214].
Langton, Stephen, [145], [165], [169].
Lapidaire, [123].
Latimer, Hugh, [436].
Latin, in Roman Britain, [20], in A.S. Britain, [65] ff., in France, [78], in England after the Conquest, Bk. ii. c. iii., [157] ff., used by summoners, [161], poems, [176] ff., fables, [178], romances and tales, [182] ff., treatises 188 ff., chronicles 197 ff., despatches, [241], models of Chaucer, [291] ff., Gower's, [367] ff., Langland's, [377], survival of, [405], chroniclers, [405] ff.; Wyclifs, [427] ff.; [434];dramas, [457] ff., [460], [481].
Latini, Brunetto, [118], [241].
Latymer, impeached, [253].
Lauchert, on Physiologus, [76].
"Laudabiliter," bull, [110].
Launfal, [230].
Lavoix, H., on mediæval music, [345].
Laws, Welsh, [9], A.S., [78], Roman, Anglo-Norman and English, [196].
Lay, of Guiron, [222], of Havelok, [222].
Layamon, [219] ff., [243], [245], [247].
Lazarillo de Tormes, [184].
Leechdoms, A.S., [79].
Legende of Good Women, [279], [294], [343].
Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliæ, De, [196].
Leo IV., Pope, [79].
Leovenath, [219].
Letters of the Paston family, [516].
Leven, Hugues of, [265].
Lewis, son of Chaucer, [341].
Lewis, John, on Wyclif, [423].
Lex Salica, [78].
Libelle of Englyshe Polycye, [517] ff.
Liber Festivalis, [208].
Libraries, [166] ff., [175], [524].
Lincoln cathedral, [162].
Lindbergh, John of, [215].
Lindner on Romaunt of the Rose, [278].
Lionne, Hugues de, [255].
L'Isle, Alain de, [177].
Lison, Richard de, [147].
"Littus Saxonicum," [27], [30].
Lives of Saints, in A.S., [76], by Ælfric, [91], in French, [121] ff., in English, [203], [303], by Lydgate, [500].
Lodbrok, Ragnar, [58].
Logeman, on A.S. reliquary, [73].
Logic, taught in the Universities, [171].
Loki, [44], [55].
Lollards, [359], [437] ff.
"Lollius," [289].
Lombards, [22], [23], [25], [26], [114].
London, mediæval, [268] ff., Chaucer's life in, [289] ff., pageants in, [453] ff., Mysteries, [460].
London Lickpeny, [498].
Lonelich, [223].
Longchamp, William de, [162] ff., [178], [261].
Lorens, friar, [214], [215], [325].
Lorenzetti, Ambrogio, [287].
Lorris, Guillaume de, [276] ff., [293].
Loserth, on Hus, [438].
Lot, J., [11].
Louis VII. of France, [164].
Louis IX. " [110], [201].
Louis XI. " [519].
Louis XIV. " [203], [241], [493].
Lounsbury, on Chaucer, [343].
Love, in Irish literature, [15] ff., in Scandinavian literature, [42], in Tristan, [137] ff., in Arthurian poems, [139] ff., as a ceremonial, [140], in chansons, [143] ff., in Latin tales, [185] ff., in English songs, [230], poems by Chaucer, [272] ff., [279], by Froissart, [274] ff., in Roman de la Rose, [276] ff., in Boccaccio, [299], [321], in Chaucer's Troilus, 301 ff., in Gawayne, [349], songs, [354], in Gower, [366] ff., [370] ff., in Langland, [388], [399], in the early drama, [447], in Mary Magdalene, [483] ff., "king of," [505], in King's Quhair, [505] ff., written about in prose, [522].
"Lowe men," their English, [204] ff., and their French, [236] ff.
Lowell, on Chaucer, [343].
Lucanus, on Druids, [8]; [114], [293], [297].
Lumière des laïques, [120].
Lutterworth, [423], [426].
Lydgate, [303], [341], [354], [496], life and works, [498] ff.; [502], [513], [515].
Lyf of Seinte Cecile, [291], [294], [325], [331].
Mabinogion, [9], [17].
Macaulay, [122].
Mac Datho's Pig, [13].
Machault, [275], [325].
Machinery, stage, [474] ff.
Macpherson, [16].
Mael Duin, [12].
Magnyfycence, [491].
Mahomet, [472], [483].
Mahomet II., [524].
Maidstone, Richard of, [207], [454] ff.
Maldon, battle of, [47].
Male règle de T. Hoccleve, [502].
Malmesbury, William of, [64], [100] ff., [107], on Arthurian legends, [131] ff., [166], [199].
Malmesbury, Monk of, [197].
Malory, Sir Thomas, [521], [522].
Malvern, [375] ff., [382] ff., [394].
Mandeville, Sir John, [403], [406] ff.
Manière de Langage, [241].
Mantel Mautaillé, [226].
Mannyng, Robert, of Brunne, [214], [216], [243], [462].
Manuel des Pechiez, [213], [216], [463] ff.
Manuscripts, A.S., [45], purchased for the king, [259], rich, [274], [303], of the Roman de la Rose, [277], of Chaucer, [338], of Gawayne, [351].
Map, Walter, [188], life and works, [190] ff.
Marcel, Etienne, [271].
Marcol, [76].
Mare, Peter de la, [419], Thomas de la, [419].
Maréchal, William le, [121].
Margaret, queen of Scotland, [511].
Marguerite, la, poems on, [275].
Marie de France, [142] ff., [229], [325].
Marisco, Adam de, [193], [211].
Marivaux, [318].
Marlowe, [75].
Marseilles, king of, [430] ff.
Martin, St., of Tours, [99], [102], [110].
Mary, see Virgin.
Mary Magdalen, St., [452].
Mary Magdalene, a drama, [475], [483] ff., [490].
"Masks," [456].
Mass, caricatured, [445].
Massinger, [496].
Matthew, F. D., on Wyclif, [422], [432].
Matthew, see Paris.
Maupassant, Gui de, [189].
Maximinus, emperor, [459].
May plays, [456].
May songs, [230].
Measure, sense of, [331] ff., [479].
Medicine, [194].
Medwall, [491].
Meed, Lady, [383] ff., [397].
Melibeus, tale of, [325],

[331], [332], [490].
Ménagier de Paris, [332].
Merchant of Venice, Latin sketch of, [185] ff.
Merchants, English, their wealth, [256], fond of art, [258] ff., Chaucer's, [318], [325], fond of songs, [355] ff., Gower's, [369], Langland's, [383] ff., [400], of London, [424], at the play, [463].
Mérimée, [199].
Merlin, [134], [141].
Merovingians, in Beowulf, [53].
Metalogicus, [188] ff.
Meun, Jean de, [177], [276] ff.
Meyer, Kuno, [4].
Meyer, Paul, on Alexander the Great, [128], on Brut, [219].
Miller, Chaucer's, [321], [322], [324], [326], [335], [478].
Milton, [71], [72], [245], [456].
Mimes, [440] ff.
Miniatures, A.S., [45]; [184], attributed to Matthew Paris, [201] ff.; [227], [259], [277], [303], [341], [351], [371], by Fouquet, [470] ff.; in the MS. of the Valenciennes Passion, [470]; [503].
Minot, Laurence, [360] ff.
Minstrels, [221], [345] ff., in Langland, [382]; [439], ff., high and low, [445] ff.
Miracle plays, [459].
Miracles de Notre Dame, [489].
Miraclis pleyinge, treatise on, [461] ff., [468].
Mireio, [144].
Mirk, [496].
Miroir de Justice, [239].
Minstral, [144].
Moktader, Caliph Al, [27].
Molière, [229], [302], [404], [443], [472], [493].
Monasteries, their wealth, [158]; [179], literary work in, [197] ff., Wyclif on, [437].
Monk, Chaucer's, [315], [321], [325], [499].
Monmouth, Geoffrey of, [114], life and works, [132] ff., [182], [297].
Monsters, in A.S. literature, [50], [55] ff., [92].
Montaigne, [97], [323].
Monteflor, Paul de, [264].
Montesquieu, [255].
Montfort, Simon de, [193], [250].
Moral Ode, [206].
Moralities, [84], [489] ff.
Moravian Brethren, [438].
Morgan the fairy, [134], [350].
Morley, John, [343].
Morris, William, [41].
Morte Arthure, [223], [348], [521].
Moubray, John de, [238].
Mous, uplandis, [508] ff.
Mowbray, family of, [109].
Müntz, on Renaissance, [287].
Musset, Alfred de, [139], [141], [143], [302], [394], [496].
Mysteries, [326], [332], [459] ff., decay of, [489] ff., French, their end, [493].
Napier, on Ormulum, [206].
"Nature," her discourses, [177], [371].
Nature, an interlude, [491].
Naturis Rerum, De, [177], [178].
Navy, German and Scandinavian, [26] ff., Alfred's, [27], English, [256] ff., in the XVth century, [515], [517] ff.
Neckham, Alexander, [177].
Nennius, [114], [132].
Netlau, [11].
Netter, Thomas, [428].
Neville, impeached, [253].
Nevilles, family of the, [109].
Newbury, William of, [134], [202].
Nibelungenlied, [41], [48].
Niblungs, [41], [43].
Nicholas V., [524].
Nicholson, E. B., on Mandeville, [407].
Nithard, [78].
Noah, his ark, [201], his wife, [484] ff.
Norfolk, men of, [443].
Normans, of France, Bk. ii. c. i., [97] ff., their turn of mind, [182], [250].
Norsemen, [27].
Northgate, Michel of, [215].
Nova Poetria, [179] ff.
Nugis Curialium, De, [188] ff., [190] ff.
Nunant, Hugh de, [162] ff.
Nut-brown Maid, [512].
"Oblar," [11].
Ockham, [193], [194].
Octa, [220].
Octavian, [482].
Odo, Bishop, [103], [105].
Œdipus, [129].
Oesterley, on Gesta Romanorum, [182], [183].
Offa, [63], [68], [198].
Ogier, [147], [156].
Ohthere, travels of, [83] ff.
"Old English," [28].
Oliver (and Roland), [55], [99], [159].
"Ollam," [11].
Orcagna, [285].
Orléans, Charles d', [354].
Ormin, [206].
Ormulum, [206].
Orosius, [67], translated by Alfred, [82] ff.
Orpheus, history of, told by Alfred, [85] ff.; [338].
Osric, King, [87].
Ossa, [220].
Ossian, [16].
Otia Imperialia, [195].
Otuel, [223].
Ovid, [175], [276], [278], [293], [297], [325], [500].
Owl and Nightingale, [330], [443].
Oxenede, John of, [202].
Oxford, University of, [110], [173] ff., [248], and Wyclif, [423] ff., council of, [434], lollardry at, [437]; bacchanals at, [449].
Pageants, [453] ff., [468] ff.
Palace of Honour, [510].
Palladius on Husbondrie, [516].
Palmieri, villa, [320].
Pamphilus, [175].
Pandarus, [302] ff.
Panurge, [151].
Pardoner, Chaucer's, [315], [323], [325]; [435].
Parfait, the brothers, [470].
Paris, University of, [169] ff.
Paris, Alexander de, [130].
Paris, Gaston, [135], [141], [355].
Paris, Matthew, [62], [63], [109], [112], [114], [200] ff., [453], [459] ff.
Parlement of Foules, [294].
Parliament, churchmen in, [160], institution and authority of, [249] ff., "good," [246], [419]; Chaucer in, [312], Langland on, [386], [390] ff., sittings and debates, [413] ff.
Parodies, [444] ff.
Parson, Chaucer's, [315], [319], [325], [335], [339], [355], Langland's, [359].
Paston Letters, [516] ff.
Patient Grissil, [332].
Patrick, St., [215].
Patroclus, [221].
Paul, St., [62], his vision, [92], [206], [215]; [426], [472].
Paul, monk of Caen, [198].
Pauli, on Alfred the Great, [84].
Pearl, [351] ff.
Peasants, aspirations and revolt of, [359], [367] ff., [389], [405] ff., [412], reach heaven, [381], in the XVth century, [514].
Pechiez, see Manuel.
Peckham, Pierre de, [120].
Pecock, Bishop, [520] ff.
Pedro the cruel, [325].
Pélerinage de Charlemagne, [146] ff.
Penthesilea, Queen, [129].
Pepin, [156].
Percival, [134], [141], [259].
Percy, Bishop, [353].
Percy, Lord Henry, [223], [516].
Pericles, [372].
Perrault, on Griselda, [332].
Perrers, Alice, [253], [264], [397], [415], [419].
Peter, St., [435].
Peterborough, pseudo Benedict of, [202].
Petite Philosophie, [120].
Petrarch, [166], [268], [285], [287] ff., meets Chaucer (?) [289], [333]; [293], [294], [325], [332], [366], [523].
Petronius, [33].
Pharaoh, [480] ff.
Philip III., of France, [214].
Philip le Bel, " 193.
Philip VI., " [159], [360].
Philippa of Hainaut, Queen, [273].
Philippa Chaucer, [272] ff.
Philobiblon, [167] ff.
Philpot, John, [256], [284], [419].
Phœnix, [76] ff.
Physiologus, [76] ff.
Piers Plowman, [374] ff., [490].
Pilate, [461], [480] ff., his wife, [484].
Pilgrims, Canterbury, [313] ff., Langland's, [382] ff.
Pinte, the hen, [150].
Pisa, mediæval, [286].
Pisa, Andrew of, [285], Nicholas of, [286], William of, [286].
Pisan, Christina de, [277], [501].
Pizzinghe, Jacopo, [288].
"Placebo," [379].
Plantagenet, Geoffrey, archbishop of York, [163] ff.
Players, [446] ff., [467] ff., [477].
Plays, Bk. iii. c. vi., [439] ff.
Plegmund, [81].
Pliny, [67], [408], [409].
Plowman's Crede, Complaint, &c., [401] ff.
Poggio, [293].
Poictiers, John of, [110], William of, [100], [104].
Pole, Michel de la, [312], William de la, [417].
Policraticus, [188] ff.
Poliziano, [293].
Polo, Marco, [408], [409].
Poole, R. Lane on Wyclif, [428] ff.
Pope, the, William blessed by, [99], and Norman kings, [110], gives Ireland to Henry II., [110], derided, [148], suzerainty of, over England, [157], appeals to, [158], and the University, [170], [173] ff., praised by Geoffrey of Vinesauf, [180], revenues of, drawn from England, [248], receives presents from Edward II., [259], has no peer, [263], Langland on, [391], Commons hostile to, [420], and Wyclif, [423] ff., on drama, [449] ff., and king, [432].
Pordenone, Odoric de, [409].
Porto, county of, [107].
Powell, York, [40].
"Præmunire," [248].
Praise of Peace, [370].
Prest, Godfrey, [265].
Pricke of Conscience, [216].
Pride of Life, [491].
"Priests, simple or poor," Wyclif's, [425] ff.
Priests at the play, [450] ff.; [463].
Prioress, Chaucer's, [316], [321], [325].
Priscian, [175].
Processions, [357], [449], [453] ff.
Proprietatibus Rerum, De, [195].
Prose, A.S., [78] ff., English, [211] ff., of Rolle of Hampole, [218], Chaucer's, 337, [411]; XIVth century, Bk. iii. c. v., [403] ff., English, compared with French, [404] ff., Wyclif's, [432] ff., Sir John Fortescue's, [519] ff., Pecock's, [520], Malory's, [521], Caxton's, [521].
Prosody, English, after the Conquest, [205], [245], Chaucer's, [339], Lydgate's, [501], Hoccleve's, [501].
Prothesilaus, [130].
Proverbs of Alfred, [88].
Provins, Guiot de, [366].
"Provisors," [248].
Pryderi, [17].
Psalter, A.S., [45], [76], French, [123], English, [207], [496].
"Pui" of London, [355] ff., [452].
Puiset, Hugh de, [162] ff., [261].
Punch, [520].
Purgatorio, [294], [295].
Puritans, [57], [72], [389], [428], [437].
Purvey, J., [433].
Pytheas, [4], [5].
Quenouille de Barberine, [496].
Quinctilian, [167].
Quintus Curtius, [131].
Racine, Jean, [150].
Rabelais, [76], [91], [97], [172], [179], [193], [259], [440], [471], [492].
Reason, speech of, [385].
Recluse women, [211] ff.
Reformation, [402], [427], [428], [491], and the drama, [492] ff.
Regimine Principum, De, [501] ff.
Regula Pastoralis, [81].
Remi, bishop of Lincoln, [162].
Renaissance, early in Italy, [285] ff.; [346], [476], [510], [523] ff.
Renan, E., [210].
Renart, see Roman de.
Repressor, Pecock's, [520].
Resurrection, Mystery of the, [466].
"Reverdies," [144].
"Rhyme Royal," [506].
Rhys on Celts, [11].
Rhys ap Theodor, [198].
Richard Cœur-de-Lion, [100], [106], [109], [163], praised by Geoffrey de Vinesauf, [180], [181]; [329].
Richard II., [109], [247], [253], [264] ff., [274], [284],

[367], [375], [390], [414], [416], [420] ff., [432], [452], [454] ff., [495].
Richard, bishop of London, [196].
Richard, canon of Holy Trinity, [180].
Richard the Redeless, [375], [382].
Richardson, Samuel, [224], [333].
Richenda, sister of W. de Longchamp, [163] ff.
Riddles, A.S. and Scandinavian, [72].
Rigaud, Eudes, [453].
Rishanger, William, [202].
Robene and Makyne, [507].
Robert the Devil, [98], [347].
Robinson Crusoe, [403], [407].
Rocamadour, [393].
Roet, Sir Payne, [273]; Catherine, [373].
Rogers, Thorold, [514].
Roland, [54] ff., [99], [100], [126], [139], [147], [159], [222], [347], [442], see Chanson de.
Rollo, [99].
Rolle, see Hampole.
Rolls, Master of the, Chronicles ed. under his direction, [202].
Roman, conquest of Britain, [18] ff.; remains, [33] ff.; law, [196].
Roman de la Rose, [213], [259], [273], [276] ff., English translation of, [278] ff., 280, [288]; [291], [298], [325], [371], [490].
Roman de Renart, [132], [144], [147] ff., [183], [228], [325], [328].
Roman de Rou, [99], [101].
Roman de Thèbes, [130].
Roman de Troie, [129] ff.
Romances, French, [126] ff., caricatured, [146], [149], [335]; English, [219]; read by Chaucer, [273].
Rome, sends monks to England, [60] ff., notion of Church and State, derived from, [60] ff., ties with, [157] ff.; [248], blamed, [366], religious life in, [378], Langland on, [391], encroachments of, [420]; [432].
Romulus, [347].
Ronsard, [97], [114], [339].
Rood, A.S., dream of the, [39], legends of the, [215].
Rose, see Roman de la.
Rossetti, on Troilus, [299].
Rotelande, Hue de, [118], [130], [192].
Rothschild, Baron James de, on Mysteries, [474].
Round Table, [134], [330].
Rufinus, Map's friend, [191].
Ruin, [59].
Runes, [65], [72], [73].
Russell, John, [264].
Rutebeuf, [397].
Ruthwell cross, [73].
Rymenhild, [223].
Rysshetoun, Nicholas de, [241].
Sachs, Hans, [332].
Sacrament, play of the, [466], [485].
Sad Shepherd, [456].
Sagas, [40] ff.
St. Albans, "Scriptorium" of, [197]; chronicles of, [198], [405] ff.; copies burnt, [460].
St. David's, [32], [198], [261].
St. Josaphaz, [123].
St. Paul's Cathedral, [269], [281], [379], [423], [455].
Sainte Madeleine, [484].
Sainte More, Benoit de, [108], [114], [121], [129], [177], [299], [404].
Saladin, [454], [456].
Salisbury, John of, [106], [110], on Paris University, [172] ff., life and works, [188] ff., on jugglers, [440], [471].
Salomon and Saturnus, [75], [443].
Sanxay, ruins at, [30].
Saracens, saved, [399]; [420], [472].
Sarr, Ralph de, [110].
Sarradin, on Des Champs, [275].
Satan, in A.S. poems, [72].
Satires and satirical poems, French, [146] ff., Latin, [178] ff., English, [225] ff., [358], by Langland, [391] ff., [397] ff., by Dunbar, [510].
"Saturnalia," [450], [452].
Saxons, [22] ff., [25], [27].
Scandinavian Literature, [40] ff.
Schick, J., on Lydgate, [498], [501].
Schmidt, A., on Mary Magdalen, [483].
Sciences, among Anglo Saxons, [79], under Angevin kings, [193] ff.; [410], ff.
Scogan, [341].
Scot, Duns, [193].
Scotland, poets of, [362], [503] ff.
Scott, Sir Walter, [362].
"Scriptoria," [197].
Scroby, Allan, [452].
Scrope, Sir R., [271].
Scyld, [50].
Seafarer, [59].
Secret des Secrets, [120].
Secretum Secretorum, [500].
Secunda Pastorum, [486] ff.
Sejanus, [522].
Selred, King, [87].
Seneca, [278].
Sentier batu, [444].
Sergeant, L., on Wyclif, [422], [427].
Sergeant, Chaucer's, [318], [325].
Sermons, A.S., [88] ff., French, [123] ff., Latin, [146], with "exempla," [154], English, [205] ff., in Chaucer, [335], [354], in Langland, [387], by Wyclif, 434.
Serpent of Division, [499].
Severus, Emperor, [19].
Sévigné, Madame de, [242].
Shakespeare, [57], [93], [97], [134], [144], [244] ff., [269], [302], [338], [441], [458], [472] ff., [476] ff., [482], [484], [492], [494], [523].
Shareshull, William de, [416].
Shepherds, play of, [457], [483], [486] ff.
Sheridan, [517].
Shipman, Chaucer's, [314], [325].
Shoreham, William de, [207], [215].
Shows, [453] ff.
Sidney, Sir Philip, [279], [343], [473], [512].
Sidonius Apollinaris, [33].
Siège d'Orléans, a drama, [459].
Sienna, mediæval, [287].
Sievers, E., on Cædmon, [71].
Sigfried, [42].
Simon, bishop of Ely, [421].
Simpson, W. S., on St. Paul's, [379].
Siriz, Dame, [447] ff.
Skeat, W. W., [243], [244], on Langland, [375], on Testament of Love, [522].
Skelton, [372], [491].
Skirni, [42].
Smith, Lucy Toulmin, on Mysteries, [466]; [499].
Socrates, [193], [278].
Soderhjelm, on Horn, [223].
Solomon, King, [372], [380].
Somme des Vices et des Vertus, [214], [215], [325].
Songs, "Goliardois," [192]; English, [230] ff., [349], at Christmas, [450] ff.; [512].
Sophocles, [476].
Sorel, Albert, [255].
Southwark, [269], [313], [326], [365].
Speaker, the, [251], [418], [419].
Spectator, [296].
Speculum Charitatis, [446].
Speculum Meditantis, [366].
Speculum Stultorum, [178] ff.
Speeches, in Parliament, [236], [242], [413] ff.
Spencer, H., see Despencer.
Spenser, Edmund, [343].
Spont, on Chaucer, [284].
Squire, Chaucer's, [314], [325].
Squyr of Lowe Degre, [347].
Stacions of Rome, [517].
Stafford, earl of, [419].
Stage, the, Bk. iii. c. vi., [439] ff.
Stamford-bridge, [98].
State, Roman idea of, [60] ff., Wyclif on the rights of, [423] ff., [430] ff.
States General, in France, [254].
Statius, [128], [293], [297], [495].
Stephen, King, [106], [108], [133].
Sterne, [225].
Stilicho, [26].
Stoker, Whitley, [11].
Stonehenge, [4].
Stow, J., [460].
Strasbourg, Gotfrit of, [135] ff.
Stratford-at-Bow, French of, [240].
Strode, Ralph, [290], [299], [364].
Stuarts, [253], [362], [456], [503].
Stubbes, Philip, [346].
Stury, Sir Richard, [284], [377].
Sudbury, Simon, [415], [431].
Sudre, on Renart, [147].
Suffolk, Duke of, [256], [354].
Sully, Maurice de, [206].
Summoners or Somnours, [161], Chaucer's, [325].
Swalwe, John, [414].
Swedes, in Beowulf, [53].
Sweet, H., [37], [45].
Swevenyng, Book of, [243].
Swift, [225], [336], [407], [520].
Swinburne, [134], [136] ff.
Swithin, St., [209].
Swynford, Thomas, [241].
Tabard inn, [313] ff., [342], [365], [382].
Taborites, [438].
Tacitus, [7], [9], [12], [20] ff., [29], [31] ff., [36], [46], [66], [73].
Taillefer, at Hastings, [99].
Taine, II., [394], and Preface.
Talbot, J., earl of Shrewsbury, [497].
Tale, tales, moralised, [123], French, [152] ff., Latin, [182] ff., English, [225], of the Basyn, [226], of Beryn, [320], and short stories, [320] ff., of Gamelyn, [324], of Melibeus, [325], [331], [332], [490], by Gower, [370], told by histrions, [441], by Dunbar, [510].
Tapestries, [262].
Tartufe, [229].
Temple of Glas, [498] ff.
Ten Brink, [39], on Chaucer, [291].
Tennyson, [17], [47], [134], [244], [342] ff., and Preface.
Terence, [167].
Teseide, [294], [324].
Tesoroni, on Ceadwalla, [63].
Testament of Cresseid, [507].
Testament of Love, [279], [522].
Teutonic races, [22] ff.
Thaon, Philippe de, [123].
Thebes, Story of, [303], [497] ff.
Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury, [196].
Theodebert, [50].
Theodore of Tarsus, [68].
Theodoric the Great, [26], [61], [84].
Theseus, duke of Athens, [330].
Thierri, king of Austrasia, [50].
Thomas, author of Horn, in French, [223].
Thomas, author of a Tristan, [134].
Thompson, Maunde, [45], [406], [428], [433].
Thopas, Sir, [325], [335], [340], [346].
Thor, [44], [62].
Thornton, Gilbert of, [197].
Thornton Romances, [347].
Thorpe, W., [416].
Thre Lawes, a comedy by John Bale, [491].
Thrissil and the Rois, [511].
Thrush and Nightingale, [230], [443].
Thurkill, [215].
Thurot, on the Paris University, [170] ff.
Thynne, F., [343].
Tiberius, [473].
Til Ulespiegel, [325].
Tilbury, Gervase of, [195].
Titus, [19], [106].
Torcello, mosaic at, [207].
Tort, Lambert le, [130].
Tour Landry, Kt. de la, [265], [516].
Tournaments, [109], [227], [260].
Towneley Mysteries, [466] ff.
Toynbee, on Mandeville, [407].
Trade, English, [256] ff., [514] ff., [517] ff.
Travels, by Englishmen, [257] ff., in France, Bohemia, Italy, [282] ff., of Mandeville, [403], [406] ff.
Treasures in Scandinavian literature, [43], in A.S. literature, [52] ff.
Trees, not to be cut, [266].
Trevisa, John of, [195], [201], [225], [240], [406].
Triall of Treasure, [491].
Tristan and Iseult, [134] ff., [211], [222], [273], [372].
Trivet, Nicholas, [202], [325].
Trogus Pompeius, [33].
Troilus (and Cressida), [130], [293] ff., [298] ff., [339], [346], [364], [370], [372], [411], [454], [497], [500], [507], [512].
Trojans, ancestors of European nations, [111] ff.
Trojan War, [176].
Trokelowe, John de, [202].
Troy Book, [498] ff.
Troyes, Chrestien de, [140].
Tudors, [456], [490].
Turnament of Totenham, [227].
Tundal, [215].
Tunstall, Sir Marmaduke, [427].
Turks, besiege Constantinople, [524].

Turpin, archbishop, [126].
Tybert, the cat, [149] ff., [184], [510].
Uccello, Paolo, [257].
Ulysses, [500].
"Unam Sanctam," bull, [432].
University of Paris, [169] ff., of Oxford and Cambridge, [173] ff., [181] ff.
Uplandis Mous, [508].
Urban VI., [426].
Usener, on Boece, [85].
Usnech, [13].
Utopia, [387].
Vacarius, [196].
Valenciennes Passion, [470].
Valerius (alias Map), [191].
Valkyrias, [42], [60], [223].
Vandals, [22], [23], [26].
Vandois, [438].
Venus, described by Chaucer, [292], by Gower, [365], [372], by James I., [506], see Complaint.
Vercingetorix, [6].
Vespasian, [19].
"Vice," in Moralities, [491] ff.
Vices et Vertus, see Somme.
Vieil Testament, Mystère du, [472] ff.
Vigfusson, G., [40].
Vigny, Alfred de, [156].
Vikings, [4], [44].
Villon, [366], [498], [510], [520].
Vinesauf, Geoffrey de, [179] ff., [329].
Virgil, [128], [167], [177], [186], [285], [293], [295], [299], [393], [495], [499], [510].
Virgin Mary, [123], [183], [184] ff., [215], [231], see Joseph.
Visconti, Barnabo, [284], [325].
Visions, of St. Paul, Tundal, Thurkill, St. Patrick, [215], of Rolle of Hampole, [217], concerning Piers Plowman, [373] ff.
Vital, Orderic, [62], [100], [104], [198], [202].
Vitry, Jacques de, [154], [155], [409].
Vocabulary, [237] ff., after the Conquest, [243] ff., of Chaucer, [338], [367], of Langland, [400], in the XVth century, [517].
Voiture, [66].
Volsungs, [41].
Voltaire, [325].
Volucraire, [123].
Vox and Wolf, [152].
Vox Clamantis, [366] ff.
Wace, on Hastings, 99, [101]; [114], [121], [134], [214], [215], [219] ff., [404].
Wadington, William of, [118], [123], [213], on drama, [463] ff.
Waldhere, [41], [47], [48].
Wales, partly conquered by William, [104], [105], described by Gerald de Barry, [188]; see Welsh.
Walhalla, [41], [60], [61].
Wall, of Hadrian, [18].
Wallace, William, [506].
Walsingham, Thomas, [200], [201], [359], [405] ff., [412] ff., on Wyclif, [424], [426], [427].
Walter, archdeacon of Oxford, [133].
Walter the Englishman, [177].
Walter, Hubert, [196].
Waltheof, [224].
Walworth, Sir William, [284].
Warner, G. F., on Mandeville, [406].
Wanderer, [59].
Wandering Jew, [201].
War-songs, Germanic, [46], A.S., [46] ff., [65].
Ward, H. L. D., on Beowulf, [49], on Map, [192].
Warwick, see Guy.
Washbourn, Richard, [414].
Waterford, Geoffrey de, [120], [123].
Waurin Jean de, [122].
Weber, H. W., on Romances, [223].
Wedmore, peace of, [80].
"Wednesday," [62].
Weeping Bitch, [154], [184], [447] ff., [484].
Weland, [49].
Welsh language, [5], laws, [9], literature, [17], [47], legends on Arthur, [131], traditions, [210].
Wendover, Roger de, [200] ff.
Werferth, bishop of Worcester, [83], [86].
Wesley, [216], [438].
Westminster Abbey, [342].
Wey, William, [517].
Whitsuntide plays, [459].
Whittington, Richard, [256].
Widsith, [38].
Wife of Bath, [191], [316], [318], [324], [325], [370], [461], [462].
Wife's Complaint, [59].
Wilfrith, St., [64], [66].
William the Conqueror, [98] ff., [110], [111], [116], [157], [198], [247].
William Rufus, [158], [414].
William of Palerne, [223], [348].
Willibrord, St., [64].
Winchester, Godfrey of, [177].
Windisch, [11].
Winfrith (St. Boniface), [64].
Wireker, Nigel, [178] ff.
Woden, [29], [58], [60] ff., [65], [69], [80].
Woman, in Celtic literature, [15] ff., in Scandinavian literature, [42], in A.S. sermons, [90], in Chanson de Roland, [125] ff., in chansons, [144] ff., satirised by Map, [191], in English songs, [230] ff., in Chaucer, [303] ff., [332] ff., in Boccaccio, [308], [321], in Gawayne, [349], excluded from the Pui Society, [357], satirised, [358], [369], in Langland, [387].
Women, see Legend.
Woodkirk Mysteries, [465] ff.
Worcester, Florence of, [202].
Wordsworth, [343].
Workmen, London, in Chaucer, [315], singing, [355], St. Joseph one of them, [485] ff.
Wren, Christopher, [269].
Wright, Aldis, on Robert of Gloucester, [122].
Wright's Chaste Wife, [496].
Wulfstan, the homilist, [89].
Wulfstan, the traveller, [84].
Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, [112], [209].
Wülcker, on Cædmon, [71].
Wyclif, [154], [218], [389], life and works, [422] ff., [520] ff.
Wyclif Society, [427].
Wykeham, William of, [175], [261], [416] ff.
Wyntoun, Andrew de, [496].
Year Books, [118], [238] ff.
Ymagynatyf, [376].
York plays, [465] ff., their end, [493].
Ypres, John of, [424].
Ysengrin, [149] ff.
Zeno, Apostolo, [332].
Zimmer, [11].
Zupitza, on Beowulf, [48], on Guy of Warwick, [224].