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