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y Philip, 44; he curbs the power of the clergy, ii. 224; his tyranny towards them, 228; his reign a constitutional epoch, iii. 1; his despotic tendencies, 2; he confirms the charters, 3 and _note_ c. Edward II. marries Isabel of France, i. 45; he yields to the pope, ii. 239. Edward III. lays claim to the French throne, i. 48; its injustice shown, _ib._ and _note_ 49; his policy prior to resorting to arms, 49; his chances of success, 51; attempt of the pope to dissuade him from the attempt, _ib. note_; principal features in his character, 52; extent of his resources, 53, 54, and _notes_; excellence of his armies, 55 and _note_; his acquisition after the battles of Crecy and Poitiers, 56; his alliance with Charles the Bad, 57; conditions of the peace of Bretigni, 59; his stipulation relative to Aquitaine, 61 and _note_ p; his reverses and their causes, 62, 63 and _notes_; his opposition to the pope, ii. 239; progress of parliament under him, iii. 42; his attempts at encroachment, 44-47; ascendency of Lancaster and Alice Perrers over him, 55; ordinance against Alice, 56; repeal thereof, 57; revival of the prosecution against her, 58 and _note_ g; his debts to Italian bankers, 340. Edward the Black Prince, character of, i. 52; his victory at Poitiers, 55; created prince of Aquitaine, 61; his impolitic conduct in Guienne, 63; summoned before the peers of France, _ib._ and _note_ t; machinations relative to his heir, iii. 55 and _note_ a; his jealousy of the duke of Lancaster, 56; his death, 57. Edward IV. accepts a pension from Louis XI., i. 89; his military force, _ib. note_ p; Louis's reasons for declining a visit from him, 90; his accession to the throne, iii. 198; his inexcusable barbarities, 199; popularity of his government, _ib._; his system of benevolences, 200. Edwy and Elgiva. See Dunstan. England, first infested by the Danes, i. 21; its resources under Edward III., 53, 54; causes of the success of its armies, 55, 77; high payment to its men-at-arms, 77 _note_ t; discomfiture of its troops by Joan of Arc, 79; impolicy touching its relations with France, 82; deprived of its French possessions by Charles VII., 83; its obsequiousness to the hierarchy, ii. 158; its opposition to ecclesiastical j
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