Ménageries, [217]

Merchants, [42], their perils when travelling, [150] ff., [156], [233], dresses of, [237], [245], impeded by regulations, [239] ff., foreign, [239] ff., protected by Edward III, [241] ff., lend to the king, [243] ff., use rivers, [245], the male of, [246] ff., villeins become, [261]

Merton College, [126]

Messengers, [18], [116], [181], [223] ff., their “boystes,” [227], whom serving, [227] ff., writ bearers, [227], professional, [228], their missions and salaries, [228] ff., parcel carriers, [231], travel fast, [231] ff., presents to, [232] ff., run risks, [233], Langland on, [233] ff.; [391], [419]

Messines, [233]

Meyer, Paul, [130], [349]

Michael, St., [43], [338]

Michel, Francisque, [126], [134]

Middle Ages, life in the, [7], religious spirit in the, [32]

Miélot, Jean, [383]