the, position of, 9;
attacked by Caesar, 11;
subsequent history of, 12.

Caxton, William, establishes a printing press at Westminster, 358.

Ceawlin overruns the Severn Valley, 35;
defeated at Wanborough, 36.

Celibacy of the clergy, early opinion in favour of, 65;
inculcated at Cluny, 67.

Celtic Christianity, influence of, 47, 49.

Celts, the, succeed the Iberians in Western Europe, 5;
are divided into two stocks, 7;
know their conquerors as Saxons, 29.

Ceorls, distinguished from Eorls, 29;
are the tillers of the soil, 30.

Chancellor, the official position of, 127;
becomes a judge, 260.

Charles Martel defeats the Mohammedans, 54.

Charles the Great, Emperor, 55, 63.

Charles the Simple, king of the West Franks, 63;
cedes Normandy to Hrolf, 80.

Charles IV., king of France, death of, 232.

Charles V., king of France, opposes the English in Spain, 255;
summons the Black Prince to Paris, 256;
renews the war against the English, _ib._;
avoids a battle, 257.

Charles VI., king of France, defeats the Flemings, 278;
allies himself with Richard II., 282;
loses his senses, 295;
disinherits the Dauphin, 306;
dies, 307.

Charles VII., king of France, as Dauphin, falls into the hands
of the Armagnacs, 303;
is present at the murder of John, Duke of Burgundy, 305;
is disinherited, 306;
claims to succeed to the crown at his father's death, 307;
his weakness, 309;
is helped by the Maid of Orleans, 310;
is crowned, 311;
consents to a truce, 317;
renews the war, 320.

Charles VIII., king of France, succeeds to the crown, 348;
invades Italy, 352;
death of, 354.

Chateau Gaillard built by Richard I., 165;
lost by John, 354.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, his _Canterbury Tales_, 270.

Chester (_see_ Deva) submits to William I., 103.

Chinon, Henry II. dies at, 157.

Chivalry, 235.

Christ Church, at Canterbury, privileges of, 177;
expulsion of the monks of, 178.

Christianity introduced into Britain, 23;
into England, 39;
character of early English, _see_ England, the Church of.

Chronicle, the, begun under AElfred, 61;
continued at Worcester, 68, 129;
completed at Peterborough, 129.

Church of England, _see_ England, the Church of.

Cinque Ports, the, 218.

Cirencester, _see_ Corinium.

Cistercians, the, introdu