History of England 1-6 [texts]

Florence: revolt (fourteenth century), ref 1

Foliot, Gilbert, ref 1

Folville, Eustace de, ref 1

Folville, John de, ref 1

Folville, Richard de, ref 1

food and drink: Bronze Age, ref 1

medieval, ref 1

Forest of Dean, ref 1

forest law, ref 1

forests see woods and forests

Formby Point, ref 1

Forme of Cury, The (cookery book), ref 1

Fortescue, Sir John: De Laudibus Legum Angliae, ref 1

Foxe, John, ref 1

France: English involvement with, ref 1

King John loses empire in, ref 1

Henry III in, ref 1

in Hundred Years War against England, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

power struggle with England, ref 1

Edward III claims throne, ref 1, ref 2

English depredations in, ref 1

Charles V’s forces raid south coast, ref 1

Jacquerie riots, ref 1

alliance with Scotland against England, ref 1

threatens England from Flanders, ref 1

Henry V’s campaigns in, ref 1, ref 2

Henry VI crowned king, ref 1

fleet sacks Sandwich (1457), ref 1

Edward IV’s view of, ref 1

treaty with Edward IV (1475), ref 1

finances Henry Tudor’s invasion against Richard III, ref 1

Franciscan Order, ref 1

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, ref 1

Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, ref 1

free men: in towns, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

legal rights, ref 1

French language: introduced by Normans, ref 1

Frisians: settle in England, ref 1

Froissart, Jean, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

Fuller, Agnes, ref 1

Fuller, Thomas: The Holy State and the Profane State, ref 1

Galen, ref 1

games and sports, ref 1

Garter, Order of the: instituted (1348), ref 1

Gascony: Henry III in, ref 1

Edward I values and controls, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

status of merchants, ref 1

Edward III does fealty to French king for, ref 1, ref 2

in Hundred Years War, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

remains in English hands, ref 1

surrendered to French, ref 1

Gaul, Gauls, ref 1, ref 2

Gaveston, Piers, Earl of Cornwall, ref 1

gentlemen, ref 1

gentry, formed, ref 1, ref 2

Geoffrey of Anjou, ref 1, ref 2

Geoffrey, Prince (Henry II’s son), ref 1

George, St, ref 1, ref 2

Germanic languages, ref 1

Germanic settlers: in England, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, ref 1

Geyser, William, ref 1

Gildas, ref 1, ref 2

Girton, Cambridgeshire, ref 1

Glanville, Ranulph de: tutors King John, ref 1

On the Laws and Customs of England, ref 1

Glastonbury, ref 1, ref 2

Glendower, Owen, ref 1

Gloucester Cathedraclass="underline" Perpendicular style, ref 1

Gloucester, Gilbert de Clare, 10th Earl of, ref 1

Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of: as protector in Henry VI’s minority, ref 1

advises Henry VI on war with France, ref 1

arrest and death, ref 1

Gloucester, Richard, Duke of see Richard III, King

Gloucester, Thomas, Duke of (Thomas of Woodstock), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

Godiva (or Godgifu) Lady, ref 1

Gododdin (kingdom), ref 1, ref 2

Godwin, Earl of Wessex, ref 1

Gordon, Katherine, ref 1, ref 2

Gornay, Lord Thomas de, ref 1

Gothic art, ref 1

‘Gough’ map, ref 1

Gower, John, ref 1, ref 2

Gower Peninsula, ref 1

Great Chronicle of London, ref 1

Gregory the Great, Pope, ref 1

Guildhall Library, London, ref 1

guilds, ref 1, ref 2

Guinevere, Queen, ref 1

Guthrum (Danish leader), ref 1

Gwynedd, ref 1

Gytha (Harold’s mother), ref 1

Hadrian, Roman Emperor, ref 1

Hadrian’s Wall, ref 1, ref 2

Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, ref 1

Hakluyt, Richard, ref 1

Halidon Hill, battle of (1333), ref 1

Hall, Edward, ref 1

hamlets, ref 1

handwriting: development of cursive script, ref 1

Happisburgh, Norfolk, ref 1

Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, ref 1

Hardy, Thomas, ref 1

Tess of the d’Urbervilles, ref 1

Harfleur: Henry V besieges and captures, ref 1, ref 2

Harold Godwinson, King of the English, ref 1

Harold Harefoot, King of the English, ref 1

‘harrowing of the north, the’, ref 1

Harthacanute, King of Denmark, ref 1

harvest failures: early fourteenth century, ref 1, ref 2

see also famines

Hastings: burnt by French, ref 1

Hastings, battle of (1066), ref 1

Hastings, William, Baron, ref 1, ref 2

Hazlitt, William, ref 1

Heahmund, Bishop of Sherborne, ref 1

Helmsley, Yorkshire, ref 1

henge monuments, ref 1

Hengist and Horsa, ref 1

Henry I, King: and yard (measurement), ref 1

inheritance, ref 1

reign, ref 1, ref 2

and succession, ref 1, ref 2

death, ref 1

marriage, ref 1

Henry II, King: and king’s touch, ref 1

administrative and judicial changes, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

succeeds Stephen, ref 1, ref 2

background and character, ref 1, ref 2

territorial victories, ref 1

expedition to Normandy, ref 1

relations and conflicts with Becket, ref 1, ref 2

assertion of authority, ref 1

temper, ref 1

speaks no English, ref 1

increases national prosperity, ref 1

and murder of Becket, ref 1

does penance for Becket’s death, ref 1

disputes with sons, ref 1

succession question, ref 1

death and burial, ref 1

forbids tournaments in England, ref 1

Henry III, King: crowned, ref 1

regency council as minor, ref 1

reign, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

character and appearance, ref 1

piety, ref 1

and European affairs, ref 1

marriage, ref 1, ref 2

and increase in national prosperity, ref 1

court and advisers, ref 1, ref 2

opposed by native barons, ref 1

financial difficulties, ref 1

resumes sovereignty, ref 1

Simon de Montfort confronts, ref 1

defeat at battle of Lewes, ref 1

summons parliament (1236), ref 1

administrative complexity, ref 1

as hostage at battle of Evesham, ref 1

death and burial, ref 1, ref 2

and continuity in law, ref 1

Henry IV (Bolingbroke), King (earlier 1st Duke of Hereford): conflicts with Richard II, ref 1

exiled, ref 1

returns to England to oppose Richard II, ref 1

claims throne, ref 1

negotiates with Richard, ref 1

accession, ref 1, ref 2

and rumoured survival of Richard II, ref 1

seen as usurper, ref 1

assassination attempts on, ref 1

Percy family rebels against, ref 1

revenue raising, ref 1

defeats Hotspur at Berwick Field, ref 1

illness, ref 1

Scrope rebels against, ref 1

rule and administration, ref 1

and son Henry’s ambitions for throne, ref 1

death and burial, ref 1

has Richard II killed, ref 1

Henry V (of Monmouth), King (earlier Prince of Wales): reburies Richard II at Westminster Abbey, ref 1

wounded at Berwick Field, ref 1

martial prowess, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

as successor to father, ref 1

appearance and character, ref 1, ref 2

coronation, ref 1

piety, ref 1

campaigns in France, ref 1, ref 2

Agincourt victory, ref 1

acclaimed in England, ref 1, ref 2

builds up navy, ref 1

marriage, ref 1

death, ref 1

treaty with Charles VI of France (1420), ref 1

Henry VI, King: peaceful nature, ref 1, ref 2

ratifies Magna Carta, ref 1

infancy at father’s death, ref 1, ref 2

minority, ref 1, ref 2

crowned as king of England and of France while boy, ref 1

character and appearance, ref 1, ref 2

piety, ref 1

seeks peace in war with France, ref 1

French demand renunciation of claim to crown, ref 1

marriage, ref 1, ref 2

bestows honours, ref 1

weak rule, ref 1, ref 2

loses Normandy to Charles VII, ref 1

debts, ref 1

and Jack Cade rebellion, ref 1