Stephen, William fitz 1, 2, 3
Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury 1, 2
Stirling Bridge, Battle of (1297) 1, 2, 3, 4
Stone Henge 1
stone of Scone 1, 2
succession (to English throne) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Sudbury, Simon, archbishop of Canterbury 1, 2
Suffolk peerage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
superstition and sorcery 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Svein Estrithsson, King of Denmark 1
Swein Forkbeard, King of Denmark 1, 2, 3
Swynford, Katherine 1, 2, 3
Talbot, John 1, 2, 3
tanners 1, 2, 3
taxes and subsidies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
see also finance
technology 1
Templars 1, 2
Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Thomas of Chobham 1
Thomas of Lancaster 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Thomas of Walsingham 1, 2, 3
Thomas of Woodstock 1, 2
timber supplies see wood
Tinchebrai, Battle of (1106) 1, 2, 3
Tower of London 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
towns (nature of) 1
Towton, Battle of (1461) 1
Tracy, William de 1, 2, 3
trade and export 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
transport 1, 2
see also horses; rivers and seas; shipping
Tudor, Edmund 1
Tudor, Henry see Henry VII, King
Tudor, Jaspar 1, 2
Tudor, Owen 1, 2
Tyler, Watt 1, 2, 3, 4
tyrannicide 1
Tyrel, Baldwin 1
universities and colleges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Urse, Reginald fitz 1, 2, 3
Valance, William de 1
Varangian Guard 1
Vere, Robert de, duke of Ireland 1, 2
Vere, Robert de, earl of Oxford 1, 2, 3, 4
vestments 1
Viking raiders 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
see also Cnut, King of England and Denmark
villages (nature of) 1
Virgin Mary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Vitalis, Orderic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Wace 1, 2, 3
Wales 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58
Wallace, William 1, 2, 3, 4
Waltheof, earl of Northumbria 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Walworth, William 1
War of the Roses 1, 2, 3
Warenne, William of 1
Warwick estate and peerage
waterways see rivers and seas
weaponry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Wells Cathedral and bishopric 1, 2, 3
Welsh Marches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Wessex 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Westminster Abbey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
Westminster Palace and Hall 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Westmorland 1, 2
White Ship 1, 2, 3
Whittington, Richard 1
wildlife 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
William I ‘the Conqueror’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
William II ‘Rufus’, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
William, lord of Dieppe (Henry II’s brother) 1, 2
William of Eu 1
William of Jumièges 1
William of Poitiers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
William of Worcester 1
William of Wykeham 1, 2, 3, 4
William of York 1
William the Aetheling (son of Henry I) 1
Wilton Diptych 1, 2
Winchester Cathedral and bishopric 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
Windsor Castle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
witchcraft see superstition and sorcery
women 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
see also individuals by name
wood 1, 2, 3
Woodville, Elizabeth 1, 2, 3, 4
wool 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Wycliffe, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
xenophobia 1, 2, 3, 4
see also Jews
York archbishopric and peerage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
see also Richard, duke of York; War of the Roses
About the Author
Nicholas Vincent has published half a dozen books and some fifty academic articles on various aspects of English and European history in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. He has taught at Oxford, Cambridge, Paris and Canterbury and is now a professor at the University of East Anglia.
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