Life on a Mediaeval Barony / A Picture of a Typical Feudal Community in the Thirteenth Century
William Stearns Davis
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  • [H]
  • Handwashing before meals, [125].
  • Hangmen, [166] ff.
    • burns dishonest cloth, [349].
  • Hair, customs of wearing, [95].
    • false hair used by women, [97].
  • Halls of castle, [30] ff.
    • very murky in donjon, [32].
    • more elegant in palais, [35].
  • Hauberks, [191].
  • Hawking, vast delight in, [57].
    • hawks always exhibited, [58].
    • varieties of hawks and falcons, [59].
    • complicated art of "Falconry," [59].
    • training of hawks, [60].
    • good falconers precious, [60].
    • professional jargon of, [61].
    • prayers over hawks, [61].
    • excellent sport with, [62].
  • Heralds, at tourneys, [212] ff.
  • Hermits, [296].
  • "Herodias's daughter," dance of, [136], [137].
  • Homage, ceremony of, [156].
  • Hospitality, baronial, [43] ff.
    • ceremony of receiving guests, [44].
  • Heiresses, given in marriage by suzerain, [102].
  • Helmets, [192].
  • Horses, indispensable in war, [196].
    • varieties of, [197].
    • trappings of, [198].
    • presentation to new knights, [205].
  • Hot cockles, game of, [52].
  • Houses, of peasants, [263].
    • huts of the very poor, [265].
    • dwelling of rich burghers, [344].
    • seldom of stone, [351].
  • Hunting, serious business, [63].
    • many wild animals, [63].
    • equipment of hunters, [64].
    • dogs essential for, [64].
    • chasing down a great boar, [64] ff.
    • return from the hunt, [66], [67].
    • hunting across peasants' lands, [67].
  • [I]
  • "Immunity," possessed by barons, [7 nt].
  • Imposts, on peasants, [258].
  • Infantry, in battle, [245], [247], [248].
  • Inns, [345], [346].
  • Industries, in towns, [357] ff.
    • trades in special streets, [358].
    • shopkeepers, [359].
    • regulation by officials, [359].
    • See [Guilds].
  • Interest, on money, taken by Jews, [365].
  • Interdict, [384].
  • Isabella, Queen, forced by her barons to change husbands, [100].
  • [J]
  • Jews, in cities, [364], [365].
  • Jongleurs, [132] ff.
    • varieties of, [133].
    • trick performers, [134].
    • depraved montebanks, [135].
    • jongleurs in great demand, [136].
    • troupes of, [136], [137].
    • a superior type of jongleur, [138].
    • gives a recitation, [139] ff.
  • Jousting, training in, [184].
    • See [Tourneys].
  • Justice, administration of, [159] ff.
    • no equality before the law, [159], [160].
    • judicial powers of a baron, [160].
    • "low justice" pertains to petty nobles, [161].
    • laws enforced by the provosts, [161], [162].
    • formal assizes, [162].
    • ordeal by battle, [162].
    • checks upon such ordeals, [163].
    • summary treatment of villeins, [164].
    • types of peasant litigation, [165].
    • fate of condemned bandits, [165] ff.
  • [K]
  • King, seeks as many vassals as possible, [12].
  • Knighthood, who can demand, [187].
    • by whom bestowed, [200].
    • nature of an adubbement, [200], [201].
    • vigil at arms, [201], [202].
    • dressing the candidates, [203].
    • ceremony of adubbement, [204].
    • presentation of horses, [205].
    • exercises of new knights, [206].
  • Knights, effeminate types of, [188].
  • [L]
  • Lances, [195].
  • Last Day, fear of, [288].
  • Lighting of halls and bedrooms, [39].
  • Lists, before castle, [21].
  • Lovers, presents between, [106].
  • [M]
  • Manners, for young ladies, [71] ff.
  • Marriage ceremony, [109], [110].
  • Marriage, [98] ff.
    • usual reasons for marriages, [99].
    • ages for, [99].
    • heiresses compelled to marry, [100].
    • very sudden marriages, [101].
    • attempts of Church to regulate, [101]-[102].
    • young girls wedded to aged barons, [103].
    • negotiation of a marriage treaty, [103], [104].
    • desirable qualities in a bridegroom, [104].
    • betrothal ceremonies, [105].
    • intercourse of betrothed couple, [105], [106].
    • preparation for wedding, [106].
    • wedding proceedings, [107] ff.
    • customs of peasants, [266].
  • Marshall, of a castle, [48].
  • "Mass of the Ass," [292].
  • Masters, in guilds, [363].
  • Mealtimes and dinner customs, [42], [122].
  • Meats, abundance and varieties of at feasts, [128].
  • Medical Art, [280] ff.
    • conducted by executioners and barkers, [280], [281].
    • use of bleedings, [281].
    • professional physicians, [281] ff.
    • their jargon, [282].
    • healing relics and processions, [283].
  • Mêlée, climax to tourneys, [221].
  • Mercenaries, use of, [234].
  • Merchants, see [Shops], [Fairs], etc.
  • Mining, in sieges, [239].
  • Minstrels, see [Jongleurs].
  • Miracles, belief in, [300].
  • Moats of castle, [22], [28].
  • Mobilization, for battle, [242], [243].
  • Monastery, [312] ff.
    • Benedictine foundations, [314].
    • land and buildings, [314], [315].
    • abbey church, [316].
    • cloisters, [317].
    • dormitory, [318].
    • refectory, [319].
    • adornments of buildings, [320].
    • costume of monks, [320], [321].
    • discipline and organization, [321].
    • duties and occupations of monks, [322], [323].
    • persons becoming monks, [324].
    • a disorderly monastery, [326].
    • specimen abuses, [327].
    • struggle against idleness in, [330].
    • bequests to, [331].
    • secular "advocates" of, [332].
    • agriculture and industries in, [333].
    • almsgiving by, [333].
    • manual labor by monks, [334].
    • copying of books, [335].
    • study of pagan authors, [335].
    • curriculum of study, [336].
    • authority of Aristotle, [336].
    • scientific works, [337].
    • study of botany and geology, [338].
    • writing chronicles, [339].
    • piety of book copying, [340].
    • beautiful manuscripts, [341].
  • Monasticism, see [Monastery] and [Monks].
  • Money, hardly necessary on an average barony, [46].
    • varieties of coinage, [366].
  • Monks, many sick or infirm, [319 nt].
    • costume of, [320].
    • discipline of, [321 ff].
    • persons becoming monks, [324].
    • See [Monastery].
  • Montebanks, [135].
  • Montjoie St. Denis, [248 nt].
  • Morality, of castle life, [77]-[78].
  • Music, delight in, [132].
  • Mystery plays, [294], [295].
  • [N]
  • Needlework, by castle women, [80].
  • Night, closing castle for, [49].
  • Nightdresses, not used in feudal ages, [42].
  • Nobles, employed around a castle, [48].
  • [O]
  • Omens, belief in, [300], [301].
  • Ordeal, by battle, [162].
    • by fire, [170], [171].
  • Oriflamme, royal standard, [245].
  • Otto IV, see [Battle, Bouvines].
  • [P]
  • Palisade, before a castle, [20].
  • Passions, hot and childish in feudal ages, [47], [48].
  • Patrons, of parish churches, [388], [389].
  • Peasants, forbidden to kill game, [67].
    • inferior weapons of, [189].
    • life of, [253] ff.
    • always considered inferior, [254].
    • population dense, [254].
    • in danger from famines, [255].
    • frequently emancipated from serfdom, [256].
    • status of free "villeins," [257].
    • constantly exploited, [258].
    • lands much divided, [259].
    • primitive agricultural methods, [261].
    • calamity of short crops, [261], [262].
    • a peasant family, [262].
    • its house and furniture, [263].
    • clothing of peasants, [264].
    • very poor peasants, [265].
    • villein marriage customs, [266].
    • long hours of toil, [267].
    • lack of education, [267], [268].
    • filthy habits, [269].
    • sullen and impious characters, [270].
    • gross oppression by knights, [271].
    • severe game laws, [272].
    • futile peasant revolts, [273].
    • popular village sports, [274].
  • Pellison, [90], [91].
  • Penance, public, [290].
  • Philip Augustus, see [Battle, Bouvines].
  • Physicians, see [Medical Art].
  • Pilgrimage, as penance, [297].
    • shrines frequented, [298].
    • sacredness of Rome, [299].
  • Pillory, [171].
  • Pleasures, usual, of a baron, [43].
  • Pork, demand for, [115].
  • Porters of castle, [22].
  • Poultry, [116].
  • Priests, parish, [388] ff.
    • how appointed, [388], [389].
    • scandalous appointments, [389], [390].
    • status of, in villages, [390].
    • charges against, [391].
    • many faithful and learned, [391], [392].
  • Prior, of abbey, [322].
  • Prison, sometimes under donjon, [33].
    • treatment of inmates, [168], [169].
    • fearful dungeons in, [169].
  • Privacy, absence of in baronial castle, [36].
  • Provosts, [8], [10].
    • enforce law on barony, [161] ff, [259].
  • [Q]
  • Quadrivium, [336].
  • Quintain, [185].