of three kingdoms in, 41;
character of the later conquests in, 44;
political changes in, 45;
spread of Christianity in, 49;
influence of Church Councils on the political unity of, 52;
Ecgberht's over-lordship in, 55;
attacks of the Northmen and Danes on, 56;
its condition under AElfred, 60;
its relations with Scotland, 63, 68;
development of the institutions of, 69;
Danish conquest of, 79-83;
Norman conquest of, 96-103;
Norman constitution of, 113;
civil war in, 134;
pacification of, 137;
administrative reforms of Henry II. in, 140;
made tributary to the Papacy, 180;
military reforms in, 154;
effect of the reign of Henry II. on, 158;
constitutional result of the administration of Hubert Walter
in, 163;
growth of learning in, 167;
growth of commerce in, 168;
architectural changes in, 170;
the Barons' Wars in, 200-203;
architectural and literary growth in, 206, 207;
complete national unity of, 208;
completion of the Parliamentary constitution of, 218, 220, 228, 243;
relieved of tribute to the Papacy, 258;
social and moral condition of, during the Wars of the Roses, 330.
England, the Church of, Wilfrid's influence on, 50;
parochial organisation of, _ib._;
its close connection with the State, 52;
councils of, _ib._;
organisation of, after the Norman Conquest, 106;
its relations with Stephen, 134;
and with Henry II., 149;
result of the Angevin reigns on, 166;
Papal exactions resisted by, 194;
payments exacted from, 197;
temporary Parliamentary representation of the clergy of, 219;
taxation resisted by the clergy of, 220;
social condition of, 236;
supports Henry IV., 291;
members of noble families in the episcopate of, _ib._;
procures a statute for burning heretics, 292;
proposal to confiscate the property of, 294.
English, the, origin of the name of, 28;
nature of their conquest of Britain, 29;
village settlements of, _ib._;
division of ranks among, _ib._;
effect of the conquest of Britain on the language of, 31;
early political organisation of, _ib._;
early judicial system of, 32;
position of, under William I., 104;
support William II., 115;
support Henry I. 124;
cease to be distinguished from Normans, 155;
reappearance of their language in literature, 207;
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