i = Vol. I ; ii1 = Vol. II, part I ; ii2 = Vol. II, part II.
by Asser, 70, 389; his "Oro-
sius," 75, 76; his poetry, 80;
his promotion of education
and morals, 69; his "Pro-
verbs," 151, 207; his "Regula
Pastoralis," 80, 84; as a trans-
lator, 74, 76; his writings, 71,
74, 390; Prof. Wülcker on, 390
Elfric, i, 99, 105 et seq.; his
agency in the promotion of
education and literature, 110;
his Bible histories, 107; his
Canones," 108; his homilies,
105, 266; his "Pastoral Let-
ter," 108; his later writings,
109
Elfric, surnamed Bata, i, 112
Eneid," Surrey's, ii', 258 ff.
Æsop's fables, i, 264; Marie de
Verrance's version, 180
Ethelmær, i, 105, 109
Ethelred Ailred, of Rievaux,
i, 129
Æthelstan, King, his victory at
Brunanburh, i, 91
Ethelward=Æthelard, of Bath,
Ailred of Rievaux, i, 129
Alamanni, Luigi, ii2, 232, 233,
235
Albanus, Saint, ii1, 233
Alberic of Besançon, i, 165, 175,
243
Albertan of Brescia, ii, 270
Albertano of Brescia, ii1, 175
Alboin, i, 23
Alcuin and Charlemagne, i, 35
Alderman, i. See Ealdorman.
Aldhelm, i, 34; his "Praise of
Virginity," 35; and Beda, 2b.
Alexander III., King of Scot-
land, ii2, 48
Alexander of Paris, i, 166
"Alexander," romance, i, 332
"Alexander," the Saga of, i,
115, 165
Alexandrines, i, 166, 181, 267.
See also Metre, etc.
Angles, the, i, 10, 12; in Britain,
1, 10; fusion of, with the Nor-
mans, 218
Anglia, South, development of
literature in, i, 199
Anglian pre-eminence in the
development of Old English
poetry, i, 67
Anglian territories, i, 193
Alfred (Ethelred) of Rievaux, Anglo-Danish traditions, Nor-
Alfred, King, i, 81
Alfred of Beverley, i, 136
Alfred the Great, i. See Alfred.
Alkmund, St., ii2, 5
Allegorical drama, ii1, 305, 306
"Allegro," Milton's, ii, 243,
252
Alliteration, i, 11, 22, 36, 86, 90,
97, 110, 123, 152, 153, 189. See
also below, and under Metre,
Alliterative homily, i, 199
Alliterative lives of saints, i, 199
Alliterative poetry, revival of, i,
329
Alliterative rhythm, ii', 258
All Souls' College, Oxford, foun-
dation of, ii1, 327
Alphabet, Roman, the, in Ger-
many, i, 9
Alphonsus of Lincoln, ii, 269
Alysoun, Song to, i, 308
Ameto," new significance of,
ii1, 55
Amicus and Amelius, i, 250
"An Answer to a Poisoned
man versions of, i, 181
Anglo-Normans, their art lyric,
i, 163, 164; their language and
metre, 180, 327; their poetical
histories, 182; their poetry,
136, 180; their science and lit-
erature, 127; their writers of
tales, 180
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, the, i,
71, 390
Animal-saga, the, in England, i,
Art-lyric, the, among the Anglo-
Normans, i, 163, 164
"Arthour and Merlin," romance
of, i, 244
Arthur, King, i, 4;
Graal legends, 173
Arthur, The Death of," by
Malory, ii', 45
Arthur at Tarn Wadling," i,
336, 348
Arthur of Bretagne, transl. by
Berners, ii2, 189
Arthurian saga, the, i, 135, 141,
171, 173, 188, 244, 336
"Articles," "addressed to the Earl
of Warwick, Fortescue's, ii,
27
Arundel, Thomas, Archbishop,
ii1, 317
Ascetic and devotional writings,
i, 128
Ascham, Roger, ii2, 153
Ballad poetry, i, 315. See also
under Lyric.
Ballad to King Richard II. on
Steadfastness, ii1, 198
Ballads by Gower, ii2, 271 f.
"Bankett of Sapience," Elyot's,
ii2, 199
Barbarus, ii, 274
Barbour, John, ii, 52 ff.
Barclay, Alexander, ii', 93, 96
ff., 114
Baret, Johannes, ii, 273
Barons, the, and the King, i, 219
Bath, King Eadgar at, i, 92
Battle of Brunanburh, i, 91, 96
Battle of Finnsburg," i, 30
"Battle of Lewes," the, i, 314
Beaton, Archbishop, ii', 91 ff.
Beaufort, Henry, Bishop, ii1,
210, 317
Beccaria, Antonio, ii1, 319
Beda, i, 34; and Aldhelm, 35 et
seq.; his Church History, 74,
77; and Cædmon, 40, 371, 374;
and Layamon, 189
Ashburnham, Lord, ii', 268; Beket, Thomas, i, 183
manuscript of, 269
Asser, Bishop, i, 70
Asser's "Life of Alfred," i, 389.
See also Alfred.
"Assumption of the Virgin,"
the, i, 265
Benedict, Abbot of Wearmouth,
i, 34
Benedict of Peterborough, i, 185
Benedict, St., the rule of, i, 101
Benoit de Sainte More, i, 168;
his Chronicle, 181
Beowa, myth of, i, 2, 24
Beowulf," i, 23 et seq., 67, 96
Bernard, Saint, ii1, 8
Bernart de Ventadorn, i, 157, 162
Berners, Lord, ii2, 187 ff.
Bernicia, i, 4
Berton, William, condemns the
Theses, ii1, 20
Bertran de Born, i, 162
"Bestiary," the, i, 196
"Bevis of Hampton," i, 150, 182,
246, 248
Bible, the, and the Saxon Homi-
lies, i, 104, 106; translations
and versions, 107, 109, 111.
See also Gospels, &c. English
version of the whole, ii', 27
"Bibliotheca," Elyot's, ii, 198 | Bourchier, John, Lord Berners.
Blanchardyne and Eglantine,"
Caxton's, ii2, 42
Blanche, Duchess, death of, ii',
41, 42
Blank-verse, ii, 259
Blickling MSS. Homilies, i, 103,
106, 265, 271
Boccaccio, third of "Great Etrus-
can Three,' disposition of,
ii', 54, 55; his reminiscences
and writings, 66 et seq.; Ge-
nealogy of the Gods," ii', 87
Boëthius, his manual, ii1, 63, 78,
79 et seq.; ii, 32
Boëthius, King Alfred's transla-
tions from, i, 76, 77, 79; his
Metra," 89
Boëthius, transl. by Chaucer,
ii2, 270
"Boke against Skelton,"
clay's, ii, 105
Bouterwek and others on the
Cædmon MSS., i, 376
Bracciolini, Gian-Francesco Pog-
gio, ii1, 316
Bradwardine, Thomas, Dr., of
Oxford, ii', 7, 178
Bramis, John, the Monk, i, 151
Brand, Sebastian, ii2, 99 ff., 114
Britain, the English in, i, 1; and
Gaul, 2; the Romans in, 2, 8;
the Saxous in, 2, 9
Britanny and Cornwall, i, 237
British kings, stories of, i, 134,
141
Britons, Nennius', and Geoffrey
of Monmouth's histories of the,
i, 135, 136
Broceliande, forest of, and its
marvelous spring, i, 141
Bar-Brome manuscript, ii1, 253
"Boke of the Governour,"
Elyot's, ii, 194, 196
"Boke of Marcus Aurelius," by
Guevara, transl. by Lord Ber-
ners, ii, 190 f.
"Boke of Philip Sparowe," by
Skelton, ii, 112, 116
"Boke of the Prechar," Eras-
mus's, ii2, 204
Bokenham, Osbern, ii2, 16
Boleyn, Anne, ii', 186, 214 f.,
223 f., 239
Boleyn, George, Lord Rochford,
ii', 237
Bolomier, Henry, ii', 41
Bonner, Dr., ii2, 227, 229, 257
"Book of the Duchess," review
of, ii', 46 et seq.
"Booklet of Wisdom," Suso's,
ii', 7
Books brought to England, ii1,
321
Boorde, Andrew, ii, 237
Boron, Robert de, ii, 10
Bouge of Court, The," Skel-
ton's, ii, 114 f.
Brown, Sir Anthony, ii, 252
Bruce, King Robert, ii, 55
"Bruce, The," Barbour's, ii2,
57 ff.
Bruni, Leonardo, of Arezzo, ii1,
316, 321
Brunne, Robert of, ii', 40, 41.
See Mannyng.
"Brut or Broite," Huchown's,
ii2, 51
Bryan, Sir Francis, ii2, 191 f.,
234
Budé, his 'De l'institution du
prince," ii2, 196
Bukton, ii1, 193
"Bundel of Weeds," ii1, 333
Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress,"
ii2, 7
Burford, Battle of, i, 90
"Burial and Resurrection of
Christ," ii, 287
Burton, Roger, his list of Plays,
ii1, 267
Bury, John, pamphlet of, ii', 337
Byngham, William, ii1, 327
'Byrhtnoth's Death," i, 93, 114
Byzantine and late Greek contri-
butions to the romance of ad-
venture, i, 169
CADMON, i, 39, 67, 380; and
Bede, 371, 374: his "Genesis,'
85, 88, 379, 382; his Hymn, 39,
372, 381; his MSS., 374; his
poems, 371; Dietrich, Götzin-
ger, Sievers, Stobl, Ebert, and
others on, 377-386
"Calisto and Meliboa," a play,
ii2, 142
"Callisthenes," the pseudo, i, 165
Cambray, Robert of, as rival
Pope, ii1, 15
Cambridge University, reorgan-
ization of students of, ii', 323,
324; Halls of, 324; style of,
328
"Castle of Labour," transl. by
Barclay, ii2, 99
"Castle of Love," transl. by
Lord Berners, ii2, 189
Castle of Perseverance," Moral
Play, ii2, 122, 124
Catalectic tetrameter, the, i, 155
Catherine of Arragon, ii', 185 f.
"Catherine of Siena,' med.
legend, ii2, 4, 18
Catullus, ii2, 112
Cavendish, ii, 130
Caxton, William, ii', 7, 9, 33 ff.,
84, 266
Cecilia,'
" Chaucer's, ii2, 60
"Celestina," tragi-comedy, ii',
142
Celts, their contributions to the
romance of adventure, i, 171;
in England, 8, 9, 134; and the
story of "Havelok," 181; their
traditions and Layamon's
Brut," 189
"Cento novelle antiche," ii2, 269
Ceorlas (freemen), i, 5
Cercalmon the troubadour, i, 162
Cervantes, ii2, 142
Chamber deacons, ii1, 324
"Chanson d'Alexis," i, 136
Chanson de geste, ii2, 42, 189;
materials of the, i, 126
Chaplain, John, ii1, 220
Character of the English and
Teutonic races, i, 6
Charitius, Dr., on Cynewulf, i,
388
"Candlemas
play, ii2, 276
Can Grande, ii2, 270
Canterbury, i, 32, 34, 285; the
"Annals" of, 72, 112, 143;
Lanfranc at, 143, 144; the
Winchester Annals there,
72, 143
"Canterbury Tales," ii', 141;
"The Pilgrims," 143 et seq.;
the object of, 148; the plan
of, 149; "Prologue," contents
of, 151; 'Knight, Miller,
Reeve," 153; "Lawyer's Tale,
157, 158, 159; Pardoner and
wife of Bath," 160, 161 et seq.;
"Clerk's Tale," 165, 166;
Squire's Tale," 167, 168;
"Franklin's Tale," 169; "Par-
doner's Tale," 171, 172; "Pri-
oress's Tale," 173; Tale of
Melibœus," 175; Monk's
Tale," 177; "Canon's Yeo-" Charlemaine and Roland,” i,
man's Tale," 179; "Manciple's
Tale," 181; "Parson's Tale,"
183; comment on, 183, 184;
ii2, 15, 8, 140, 267 f.
Capgrave, John, ii2, 17 ff.
Charlemagne, ii, 41, 44, 53
Charlemagne and Alcuin, i, 35;
and Alfred, 70
Charlemagne saga, the, i, 122,
126, 244, 251
Charles de la Tour-Landry, ii', 11
Charles the Bold, ii, 35, 37 f.
Charles the Great. See Charle-
magne.
"Castel of Helth," Elyot's, ii', Charles V., the Emperor, ii2, 91,
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