,
Superstition, Trade, Villenage.

Sorel (Agnes), examination of the story of, i. 80 _note_ z.

Southey's Joan of Arc, eulogium of a French writer upon, i. 143.

Spain, character of the Visigothic kingdoms in, ii. 1;
its conquest by the Saracens, 2;
kingdoms of Leon, Navarre, Aragon, and Castile, 3, 4;
reverses of the Saracens, 5;
chartered towns, 6, 7, 8;
establishment of military orders, 8;
non-expulsion of the Moors, 10;
its probable cause, 11;
Alfonso X. and his shortcomings, 12;
frequent defection of the nobles, 13;
Peter the Cruel, 14;
accession of the Trastamare line, 15;
disgrace and execution of Alvaro de Luna, 16, 17;
contests after Henry IV.'s death, 18;
constitution of the national councils, 19;
composition of the Cortes, 21;
its trade relations with England, iii. 327.
See Aragon, Castile, Cortes.

Spelman (Sir Henry), remarkable mistake of, i. 166 _note_ n.

Sports of the field, popularity of, iii. 309;
addiction of the clergy thereto, 310;
evils attendant thereon, 311.

States-General of France, memorable resistance to taxation by the, i. 66;
convoked by Philip IV., 225, 226;
probability of their earlier convocation canvassed, _ib. note_;
Philip's politic reasons for summoning them, 226;
extent of their rights as to taxation, 227, 228 and _notes_;
their resolute proceedings in 1355 and 1356, 228;
their protest against the debasement of the coin, 230 and _notes_;
disappointment occasioned by their proceedings in 1357, 231;
they compel Charles VI. to revoke all illegal taxes, 232;
effect of their limited functions, 233;
theoretical respect attached to their sanction, 234;
provincial estates and their jurisdiction, _ib._;
encroachments of Louis XI., 235;
the States-General of Tours, 236;
means by which their deliberations were jeopardized, _ib._;
unpalatable nature of their remonstrances, 237.

Stephen (king), cruel treatment of the people in his reign, ii. 319
_note_.

Stratford (archbishop), circumstances attending the trial of, iii. 205.

Succession to kingly and other dignities. See Hereditary Succession.

Suevi, part of the Roman empire held by the, i. 1.

Suffolk (duke of), impeachment of, iii. 99.

Suffolk (earl of). See Pole.

Sumptuary laws, enactment and disregard of, iii. 343, 344 and _notes_.