The Boke of Noblesse: Addressed to King Edward the Fourth on His Invasion of France in 1475
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The Boke of Noblesse: Addressed to King Edward the Fourth on His Invasion of France in 1475
Chivalry -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- History -- Edward IV, 1461-1483; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Bretigny, peace of, 37, 40, 49
Buchan, earl of, 17
Burgoyne, duke of, 7, 8
---- marshal of, 17
Burgundy, Charles duke of, i;
his designation of _le Hardi_, x;
brother-in-law both to king Louis and king Edward, xxviii;
interviews with king Edward, xxiv, xxix, xxxiii;
character of, xxv;
suspected by the English, xxx, xlvi;
his truce with France, xlvii
---- John duke of, his murder, xxxviii
---- Margaret duchess of, xxiii
Caen, won by assault, 12, 36;
rescue of, 28;
parliament at, 31
Calais, siege of, 13, 36, 45
Camillus, 53
Canute (Knowt), 2
Carew, the baron of, 15
Carthage, wars of the Romans with, 26, 61, 65
Cato, 61
Caulx, Pais de, the destruction of, lvi
Caxton, works of:--
Book of the ordre of Chevalrye or Knyghthode, liv;
Fayttes of Armes and of Chyvallrye, vi;
Curial, vii;
Tully on Old Age, li;
Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers, xliii
Cerdic, 2
Champenois, 83
Chandos, Sir John, 15, 37, 46
Charles V. of France, purchased fortresses from the English, xxxii;
mentioned, 33, 37
Charles VII. his re-conquest of Normandy ii, iii;
his secretary Alain Chartier vii;
mentioned 3, 25
Charles le bien amé, 25
Charles le simple, 39
Charles the sage, 40
Chartier; _see_ Authors
Chester, Randolfe earl of, 10
Cheyne, sir John, xxxii, xxxiii, xliii
Childermas day, xxxv
Chirburgh, 12
Chivalry, synonymous with Noblesse, xv
Christine, dame; _see_ Passy _and_ Pisan
Church, oppressed in Normandy, xiii, 74
Citizens, their contributions to the war, xxi;
their experience in the campaign, xlv
Clarence, George duke of, his retinue and their
pay, xx, xxiii, xxxii, xxxviii
Clarence, Thomas duke of, 18;
eulogy on, 44
Clekyn, sir Barthilmew, 15
Cleret, Pierre, xxxiii
Clergy oppressed in Normandy, xiii, 74;
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Clothing, cost and pomp in, 79
Commines, Philippe de, the historian, xvii, xxv;
employed by king Louis, xxviii, xxx, xxxvi;
dressed like his master, xxxvii;
characteras an historian, xli
Commons, or people, termed "bestial", 77, 78
Conquerors, duties of, 21
Cornwall, language of, 2
Countour, a commissioner of taxes, xv
Courtenay, sir Hugh, 15
---- sir Philip, _ib._
Cravant, battle of, 17, 18, 28, 44
Cressy, battle of, 12, 36
Cyprus, king of, 10
Cyrus, his gardens at Sardis, 69
Damascus, 10
David king of Scots, 13
Derby, earl of, 13
Dieppe, 5
Dorset, Edmond earl of, 28
---- Thomas earl of, 15
Douglas, earl of, 18
Dove, the omen of the, xxiv, xlii
Dress; _see_ Clothing
Dudley, Edmonde, his "Tree of Common Wealth", vii
Dudley, William, xxxi, xxxii
Durham ("Deram upon the marchis of Scotland"), 13
Dynham, John lord, xxii
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