and death of Arthur of Brittany, ref 1
loses empire in France, ref 1, ref 2
raises revenues, ref 1
travels throughout England, ref 1
and administration of justice, ref 1
campaigning in Britain, ref 1, ref 2
dispute with pope over appointment of archbishops and bishops, ref 1
womanizing, ref 1
excommunicated, ref 1
accepts pope’s demands, ref 1
assumes cross of crusader, ref 1
seals Magna Carta, ref 1
defies Magna Carta, ref 1
death and burial, ref 1, ref 2
loses treasure in Wash, ref 1
calls parliament (1212), ref 1
protects Jews, ref 1
killings, ref 1
John, King of Bohemia, ref 1
John of Luxemburg, ref 1
John of Worcester, ref 1
Johnson, Samuel, ref 1
Joseph of Arimathea, ref 1
judges, ref 1
Julian, Roman Emperor, ref 1
Jurassic Way, ref 1
juries: origins, ref 1
Jutes: settle in England, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Katherine of Valois, Queen of Henry V: marriage to Henry, ref 1
remarries (Owen Tudor), ref 1
Kenilworth Castle: Edward II at, ref 1
John of Gaunt at, ref 1
Margaret of Anjou at, ref 1
Kent: settlers and administration, ref 1
popular revolts, ref 1
Danish invasion (1896), ref 1
condemns law under Henry VI, ref 1
coast attacked from France and Brittany, ref 1
and rebellion under Jack Cade, ref 1
Keston, Kent, ref 1
keyhold tenure, ref 1
King’s College, Cambridge, ref 1
king’s touch: as cure for scrofula, ref 1
kingship: origins and authority, ref 1
and divine right, ref 1
and hunting, ref 1
and lawlessness following death of, ref 1
Richard II and, ref 1, ref 2
tensions with nobility and Church, ref 1
Knighton, Henry, ref 1
knights: under Normans, ref 1
status, ref 1, ref 2
and chivalry, ref 1
and summoning of parliament, ref 1
‘distraint of’ (order), ref 1
labour: value following Black Death, ref 1, ref 2
Lambarde, William: The Perambulation of Kent, ref 1
Lancaster family: in Wars of Roses, ref 1, ref 2
extinguished, ref 1
Lancaster, John of Gaunt, Duke of: house burned by Tyler’s rebels, ref 1
governs during Edward III’s illness, ref 1
unpopularity, ref 1, ref 2
and John Wycliffe, ref 1
as Chaucer’s patron, ref 1
Richard II fears as rival, ref 1
presides at Arundel’s trial, ref 1
and son Bolingbroke’s conflict with Richard II, ref 1
death, ref 1
marriage to Katherine Swynford, ref 1
and house of Lancaster, ref 1
Lancaster, Thomas of see Thomas, Earl of Lancaster
land ownership: and lordship, ref 1
as cause of disputes, ref 1
and social standing, ref 1
and land shortage, ref 1
in Black Death, ref 1
landscape: formed by farming and field system, ref 1, ref 2
Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, ref 1, ref 2
Langland, William: Piers Plowman, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
Langton, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury, ref 1
languages: prehistoric, ref 1
see also English language
Laurence of St Martin, Sir, ref 1
law: under Normans, ref 1
reforms under Henry II, ref 1
under Edward I, ref 1
custom and precedent in, ref 1
ineffectiveness under Henry VI, ref 1
Edward IV intervenes in, ref 1
lawyers: origins, ref 1
lead mines, ref 1
Leeds: founded, ref 1
Leeds Castle, Kent, ref 1
legal rights of free men, ref 1
Leges Henrici Primi, ref 1
Leofric, Earl of Mercia, ref 1
Leopold, Duke of Austria, ref 1
le Toruk, Jacob, ref 1
Lewes, battle of (1264), ref 1
Leyburn, Roger, ref 1
life expectancy, ref 1, ref 2
Lincoln: population, ref 1
Lincoln, John de la, Earl of, ref 1
Lincolnshire: revolt (1470), ref 1
Lindisfarne, ref 1
Lindisfarne Gospels, ref 1
Lindley Hall Farm, Leicestershire, ref 1
literacy, ref 1, ref 2
Lithere, Benedict, ref 1
livestock: in medieval period, ref 1
living standards: improve in fifteenth century, ref 1
Lollards, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
London: Boudicca attacks, ref 1
as Roman capital of Britannia Superior, ref 1
population, ref 1, ref 2
burned by Danish raiders, ref 1
medieval house design, ref 1
road links, ref 1
mayor and aldermen established, ref 1
plan, ref 1
communal government, ref 1, ref 2
citizens rebel against Richard I’s taxes, ref 1
rebel barons occupy (1215), ref 1, ref 2
Prince Louis of France in, ref 1
supports de Montfort against Henry III, ref 1
Edward I imposes taxes on, ref 1
and rebellion against Edward II, ref 1
in Peasants’ Revolt (1381), ref 1
Jack Cade rebels in, ref 1
improvements and rebuilding, ref 1
longbow: English mastery of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Lords, House of see parliament
lordship: and land ownership, ref 1
and feudalism, ref 1
see also aristocracy Loudun Hill, battle of (1306), ref 1, ref 2
Louis VII, King of France, ref 1
Louis VIII (the Lion), King of France (earlier Prince), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Louis IX, King of France, ref 1 Louis XI, King of France, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Lovel, Francis, 1st Viscount, ref 1
Loveraz, Richard de, ref 1
Lud (or Nud; god), ref 1
Ludlow, Shropshire: in Wars of Roses, ref 1
Lutherans, ref 1
luxury goods: imported, ref 1
Lydgate, John, ref 1
Lynn (King’s Lynn), Norfolk, ref 1, ref 2
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Baron, ref 1
Maelbeath (or Macbeth), ref 1
Magna Carta (1215), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
Maiden Castle, Dorset, ref 1
Maidstone Prison: prisoners freed, ref 1
Maine, France, ref 1