e, limited knowledge of early French history by, i. 213 _note_ p.

Wages, futility of laws for the regulation of, iii. 178.
See Labourers.

Waldenses. See Religious Sects.

Wales, causes of the turbulent state of, iii. 169 _note_.

Walworth, and Philpot made stewards of a subsidy (temp. Richard II.),
iii. 59;
allegations relative to their stewardship, 60.

Wamba (king of the Visigoths), question of his deposition discussed,
ii. 156.

War, private, exercise of the right of, i. 207;
by whom checked and suppressed, _ib._ and _note_ t;
its prevalence amongst the German nobles, ii. 95, 96.

Warna, circumstances which led to the battle of, ii. 105.

Warwick (earl of), popularity of the, iii. 65;
made a lord appellant, 72;
banished by Richard II., 77.

Water-Ordeal. See Ordeals.

Wenceslaus, confirmed in the imperial succession, ii. 87;
his deposition, _ib._;
he abets the league of the Rhine, 93.

Weregild, or compensation for murder. See Murder.

Wicliff (John), influence of the tenets of, ii. 252;
iii. 179 and _note_ t, 388, 389.

Widows in Burgundy, reason for the speedy remarriage of, i. 93 _note_ x.

Wilfrid (bishop of Hexham), question involved in his appeal to the pope,
ii. 164 _note_ t.

William of Holland elected emperor of Germany, ii. 76.

William the Conqueror, separation of the ecclesiastical and civil
tribunals by, ii. 222 and _note_ a;
position of England at its conquest by him, 302;
his considerate treatment of Edgar, _ib._ _note_ b;
alleged inadequacy of the military forces of the Saxons, 303 _note_;
their fruitless rebellions against him, 304 and _notes_;
instances of his oppressive conduct, 305;
his devastating clearances for forests, 311;
and inhuman forest laws, 312 and _note_;
his enormous revenues, 313;
his feudal innovations, 314;
his preservation of public peace and efforts to learn English, 315 and
_note_;
policy of his manorial grants, 317;
tyranny of his government, 318.

Winchester, early opulence and populousness of, iii. 225.

Windsor castle, labourers for the erection of, how procured, iii. 150.

Winfrid (St. Boniface), importance of the ecclesiastical changes effected
by, ii. 164.

Winkelried, the Swiss patriot, heroic death of, ii. 111.

Wisbuy, ordinances of, iii. 334 and _not