‘Deadmen’s Den’ (Blore Heath battlefield), ref 1
death see burial; mortality
Deeds of Henry V, The, ref 1, ref 2
Deira, kingdom of, ref 1
Denmark: Viking raiders from, ref 1, ref 2
invasions and settlement in England, ref 1
subjects fight on English side at Hastings, ref 1
Despenser, Henry, Bishop of Norwich, ref 1
Despenser, Hugh le (father and son), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
diet see food and drink
doctors, ref 1
Domesday Book (‘The King’s Book’), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
domestic life: in Paston letters, ref 1
Dominican Order, ref 1
Dover: name, ref 1
dress: in Bronze Age, ref 1
under Romans, ref 1
Anglo-Saxon, ref 1, ref 2
legislation on, ref 1
drink see food and drink
Druids, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
drunkenness, ref 1
Dublin: as Norse trading centre, ref 1
Dudley, Edmund, ref 1
Dumnonii (tribe), ref 1
Dunstan, St, Archbishop of Canterbury, ref 1
Durham: Cathedral, ref 1
pilgrimages to, ref 1
Germanic structures, ref 1
Durotriges (tribe), ref 1, ref 2
East Anglia: settled, ref 1
Danes in, ref 1
East Saxons, ref 1, ref 2
East Stoke, battle of (1487), ref 1
economic activity: fifteenth century improvement, ref 1
see also trade; wool
Edgar Atheling, ref 1
Edgar, King of the English, ref 1
Edinburgh, ref 1
Edington, battle of (878), ref 1
Edith, Queen of Henry I, ref 1, ref 2
Edmund Ironside, King of the English, ref 1
education: children’s, ref 1
university, ref 1
see also schools
Edward I, King: captures Gwynedd, ref 1
wars against Scotland and Wales, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
and de Montfort’s war with Henry III, ref 1
imprisoned as hostage, ref 1
escapes and defeats de Montfort at Evesham, ref 1
on crusade, ref 1
accession and coronation, ref 1
attempted assassination, ref 1
interest in Gascony, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
soldierly qualities, ref 1
appearance and personality, ref 1
reclaims father’s lost lands, ref 1
taxes and customs, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
authority, ref 1, ref 2
and international finance, ref 1, ref 2
represses and expels Jews, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
law and administration reforms, ref 1
raises paid troops, ref 1
and death of first wife (Eleanor), ref 1
remarries (Margaret), ref 1
death, ref 1
Edward II, King: acclaimed Prince of Wales, ref 1
birth and upbringing, ref 1
character and tastes, ref 1
coronation, ref 1
marriage and children, ref 1
relations with Piers Gaveston, ref 1
baronial opposition to, ref 1
conflict with Scots, ref 1, ref 2
and execution of Gaveston, ref 1
disgraced by Bannockburn defeat, ref 1
appoints Despenser chamberlain, ref 1
provokes civil war and violence, ref 1
authority and tyrannical rule, ref 1, ref 2
calls parliament at York (1322), ref 1
dispute over Gascony, ref 1
Isabella rebels against, ref 1
deposed and killed, ref 1
supposed survival and peregrinations, ref 1
military ineptness, ref 1
Richard II and, ref 1
Edward III, King: father sends to France to do fealty for Gascony, ref 1
and rebellion against father, ref 1
character, ref 1, ref 2
crowned, ref 1
has Mortimer killed, ref 1
reign and administration, ref 1
wars with Scotland, ref 1, ref 2
claims throne of France, ref 1, ref 2
restores knightly virtues, ref 1
and conduct of Hundred Years War, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
as warrior, ref 1
taxation, ref 1
relations with parliament, ref 1
asserts authority, ref 1
invades Normandy, ref 1
and Black Death, ref 1
and capture of King John II of France, ref 1
accepts treaties and truces in France, ref 1
achievements, ref 1
death, ref 1
Edward IV, King (earlier Earl of March and Duke of York): Black Book, ref 1
in Wars of the Roses, ref 1
appearance and character, ref 1, ref 2
crowned, ref 1
extravagance and display, ref 1, ref 2
treatment of Lancastrians, ref 1
foreign policy, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
strong rule, ref 1
view of French, ref 1
marriage to commoner (Elizabeth Woodville), ref 1, ref 2
sociability, ref 1
and Robin of Redesdale rebellion, ref 1
captured, confined in Warwick Castle and released, ref 1
defeats Lincolnshire rebels (1470), ref 1
and Warwick’s 1470 invasion, ref 1
flees to Holland, ref 1
returns to England to counter Warwick, ref 1
defeats Warwick at Barnet, ref 1
participates in trade, ref 1
and succession, ref 1, ref 2
purges enemies, ref 1
treaty with Louis XI (1475), ref 1
has Clarence killed, ref 1, ref 2
arranges family marriages, ref 1
illness and death, ref 1
solvency, ref 1
Edward V, King (earlier Prince of Wales): marriage prospects, ref 1
accession and reign, ref 1, ref 2
confined in Tower and killed, ref 1, ref 2
and Richard III’s seizure of crown, ref 1
Edward the Confessor, King of the English, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
Edward the Elder, King of the Angles and Saxons, ref 1
Edward, Prince (Richard III’s son): death, ref 1
Edward, Prince of Wales (Henry VI’s son): birth, ref 1
mother protects, ref 1
as claimant to throne, ref 1, ref 2
and Wars of the Roses, ref 1
betrothal and marriage to Warwick’s daughter, ref 1, ref 2
killed at Tewkesbury, ref 1
Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales (‘the Black Prince’): military activities, ref 1
health decline and death, ref 1
sets up court at Bordeaux, ref 1
Edwin, King of Northumberland, ref 1, ref 2
