EADMER of Canterbury, 131
Eadward the Confessor, 97, 113
Eadmund the Martyr, 97, 103
Eadmund, King, his annexation of
the five Danish boroughs, 92
Ealdorman (prince, lord), 4, 105
Early English Text Society, publi-
cations of, referred to, 198, 204,
206, 208, et seq., 390, 393, 394
"Easter Song," 311

Ebert, Prof., on Caedmon's "Ge-
nesis," 382
Ecclesiastical epic, 212
Ecgberht, Bishop, 35

Ecgberht, King, and Charlemagne,
70; and Wessex, 67

Edward I., 234, 264, 273, 285, 286,
302, 306, 314, 317

"Edward I., Death of," song, 321
Edward II., 281, 318, 321, 329
Edward III., 322, 327
Edward the Confessor.

ward.

See Ead

Einenkel, Dr. E., on the "Hali
Meidenhad," &c., 392
"Elene," Cynewulf's, 58
Ely, the monks of, 148; Hereward
and Ely, 149

England, a description of, 273, 277,
279; just before the Conquest,
113
English, the, their original home,

I, 23; in Britain, I; and the
Teuton, 6

English culture, state of, 9
English deities, 7

English language, the, 10; its de-
velopment, 143, 147, 235; old,
and poetry, 19; old, and old
high German, 32

English literature, new impetus at
the beginning of the 13th cen-
tury, 187; and Norman-French
influence, 193

English romance, the old, 253
English Text Society, Early, pub-
lications. See Early English.
Eorlas (nobles), 5

Epic poetry, 226; development,

13, 23, 62, 143; ecclesiastical,
212; and Christianity, 28, 38;
the French art-epic and the
Anglo-Normans, 180; styles and
measure, 17-22. See also Epos.
Epos, growth of an, among the
English tribes, 17; the English,
contrasted with the Homeric, 18
Erigena, John, 33

Ernulf of Beauvais, 131

Erotic songs of the clerics, 309
Essex, the Danes in, 93; and the

F.

FABLE and History, 301

399

Fabius Quaestor Ethelwerdus =
Ealdorman Aethelweard, 112;
his Chronicle, ib.

Fabliau, French, characteristics of,
179; of "Dame Siriz," 255;
and the English tale, 254, 259
Fairies, introduced to English lite-
rature, 148

"Fallen Angels, The," 86
Fauvel, the word, 357
Felix of Croyland, 99
Feudal system, 6
Fingers, the, 271
Fitz Warin, Fulke, 149

66

Florence, and his Chronicle,"

131, 145

"Floire and Blancheflor," 236
Folk-poetry, English, 148
Folk-song, 92, 97, 304

See also

Foreign influence upon English
literature, 83, 187.
France, French, &c.
"Fox and Goat," 258

Fraser, Sir Simon, execution of, 315
France, the centre of learned cul-
ture, 127; England's rule in,
temp. the Plantagenets, 157;
epic poetry in, 226; the Nor-
mans in, 119; Provençal poetry
there, 163; its relations with
Anglo-Norman England, 127
Franks, the, 122; their early poetry,
15; and the Geats, 23
Frea, the god, 2, 7, 66
Freedom, political, and national
prosperity, 219, 220

French, art-epic, the, 164, 180;
effect of the Crusades on the,
124; culture and Northumbria,
285; forms, imitation of, 259;
influence upon England, 113,
150, 180, 182, 206, 327; poetry,
122, 124, 125, 136, 163, 179;
romances, translation of, 234
Fritzsche, Dr., on Cynewulf, 388;
on the Middle English "Genesis
and Exodus," 391

Furnivall, Dr. F. J., his editions of
"Early English Poems," &c.,
referred to, 349

G.

GÄBLER, Dr., on Cynewulf, 389
Gaimar, 139, 145, 181
Galahad and the Graal, 173
Gauls, Britain and, 2

Geats, the, Beowulf and, 24; and
the Franks, 23
"Genesis," versions of, 83, 197;
Caedmon's, 41, 85, 88; and
"Exodus" in Middle English,
Dr. Fritzsche on, 391
Geoffrey of Monmouth, 134; his
"Historia Britonum," &c., 135;
his Arthurian stories, ib.
Geoffrey of Vinsauf, 186
Gerald de Bary, 184, 185
German epic poetry, 15

German, Old High, and Old Eng-
lish, 32

Germany, the Romans and, 9. See

also Teutons, &c.
Gervase of Tilbury, 184, 255
"Geste des Bretons," Wace's, and
Lazamon's "Brut," 188

"Gesta Herewardi Saxonis," 149
"Gesta Romanorum," origin of the,
264

Giraldus Cambrensis, 184

Glastonbury and St. Dunstan, IOI,

102

Glee-men, the, 11, 226, 314, 316,
322; and clerics, 193
Glee-wood, the harp, 11, 13
Gloucester, 205, 285; the monks
of, 268

Gloucester, Robert of, and Robert

Mannyng, 298, 301

Gnomic dialogues and poetry, 63, 88
Godfrey of Winchester, 129
"Golden Legend," the, 269
Gospel MS. of Lindisfarne, 100
Gospels, "the Rushworth," 100;
translations of the, 109, 111, 146
Gorboduc, 135

Graal, the, and Arthur, 171, 173
"Graal, Le petit saint," and "Le
grand saint Graal," 172, 173
"Graal, La queste del saint," 173
Grammatical and scientific writings,
Aelfric's, 106

Greek and Byzantine contributions
to romance, 169
Gregorian saga, the, 265

Gregory the Great, 49, 54; his
"Dialogues," 82; his "Pastoral
Care," 76, 80
Grein, Dr. C. W. M., on Cyne-
wulf, 387

Grendel, the sea-giant, 2; van-
quished by Beowulf, 25
Grettis-saga, of Iceland, and Beo-
wulf, 26

Grimbald, Abbot, 70

Grimsby and "Havelok the Dane,"
232

Gropp, Dr. E., on King Aelfred's
works, 390

Grosseteste, Bishop, 219, 355
Guilhem de Poitiers, 157
Guillaume de Lorris, 226
"Guthlac," Cynewulf's, 57
Guy, Bishop, 129

"Guy of Warwick,” 150, 246, 248;
the Norman version, 182

H.

HALES, Thomas de, "Love-song"
of, 208

"Hali Meidenhad," 199, 392
Halliwell and Wright, ref., 313
Hampole, Richard of, 291; Lang-
land and, 353

Hampshire, 204; Wilts, and Dorset
and the poema morale, 153
"Handlyng Synne," Mannyng's,
297, 302

Harold, King, 114, 121

Harp, the, and harpers, 11, 193
Hastings, the battle of, 121
"Havelok the Dane," 150, 227,

232, 300; and the Celts, 181;
the Norman version, ib.

Hazlitt, Mr. W. C., his "Re-
mains" quoted, 309
Healfdene, the Dane, 12
Heinzel, on Caedmon, 376
Heliand," the German, 84
Hendyng, Proverbs of, 313
Henry I. and Lanfranc, 136
Henry II., his conquests in Ireland,
181; historical poetry under, ib. ;
rise of political freedom under,
218
Henry III., time of, 210, 226, 234,

255, 276, 306, 314, 321, 329;
civil war under, 279; constitu-
tional struggles under, 218; his
English proclamation of 1258,
220; poems of his time, 218
Henry of Huntingdon, 130, 133
66 Herbarium," the English, 99,
146

Hereward the Saxon, 149

Heroes, popular, and the hero-saga,
8, 14, 149

401

Howorth, Mr. II. H., on Asser's
Life of Alfred and the Winchester
Annals, 389

Hrolf, Rolf, or Rollo, the Norman,
119

Hug, supposed author of the Eng-
lish Vision of St. Paul, 213
Hugo Candidus, his "Coenobii
Burgensis historia," 146
Hugo of Rouen, 128
Huntingdon, Henry of, his "His-
toria," 90

"Husbandman, Song of the," 317
Hygelac, King of the Geats, 23
Hymnic poetry of the Teutons, 13

I.

ILMINGDON. See Ylmandune.
Incantations and charms, 66, 98
Ing, the god, and the Ingaevones,
7,65

Innocent III., 280, 296

International culture in the time of
the Plantagenets, 157
Ireland, conquests of Henry II.
there, 181

Irish Church, 32, 33
Istaevones, the, 7

Italy, the Normans in, 120
Itinerant clerks, 303

J.

JACOBUS a Voragine, 269
Jaufre Rudel, 162
Jehan de Meun, 226
John of Athelney, 70
John of Corvey, 83
John, King, his reign, 219
Jongleurs, the, 125, 159, 187
Jordan Fantosme, 181

Joseph of Arimathea, legend of

172, 331

Joseph of Exeter, 167, 168, 185

"Maiden

"Judas" and " Pilate," 274

'Juliana," Cynewulf's, 57
Julius Valerius, 165

LAECE Bộc”(Leech Book), the,
98

La Fontaine, 180

Lais, the French, characteristics of,
179, 259

Lambert the Crooked, 166
Lamprecht, 165
Land, grants of, 5

"Land of Cokaygne," the, 259
Lanfranc, 120, 128, 136, 143, 144
Langland, William, 352, 366; and
Dante, 253; and Hampole, 353;
his "Piers Plowman," 354; and
Wiclif, 366

Language, English, 10; and cul-
ture, 194; and literature, 328;
and politics, 219, 226
Languages, blending of, 303
Langtoft, Peter, and his continua-
tion of Wace's "Brut," 286, 300,
315

"La queste del saint Graal," 173
Latin, homiletic literature in, 49;
influence of, 48, 55, 206; litera-
ture of the Normans in England,
127; poetry in England, 129,
185, 206; versification, influence
of, 186; writings, III
Laurence of Durham, 130
Laws, records, &c., early English,
71

"Lay of the Ash," 259
Lazamon, the aesthetic and histori-
cal signification of, 193; and the
Arthurian legends, 188, 190; and
Beda, 189; his " 'Brut," 187,
189; and Wace's "Geste des
Bretons," 188; and the Welsh,
188

Lear, King, and his daughters,
135

Le Bec, Normandy, Lanfranc's
school of, 120

Leech, the, or ring-finger, 271
"Leech Book," the, 98

"Legend of the Holy Rood," the,
265

"Legend of St. Brandan," Bene-
deit's, 137

Legend-cycle, the Northumbrian,
290; the Southern, 268, 274,
279
Legends, metrical, 264, 266
"Le grand saint Graal," 173
Leo, the arch-presbyter, 165
Leo, Heinrich, on Cynewulf, 385
Leofric of Brun, 149

"Le petit saint Graal," 172
Lincolnshire, 285, 297; and the
story of "Havelok the Dane,"
232
Lindisfarne Gospel MS., the, 100
Locrine, 135

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