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
the Hagge, 12
Hannibal, 50, 59, 67
Hardy man, definition of, x
Harflete, siege of, 15
Harington, sir Richard, 28
Hastings, Hugh lord, 15
---- sir Ralph, 15
---- William lord, accepts pensions both from Burgundy and France,
xxxiii, xxxviii
Hay, sir Gilbert, liv
Hector, 20
Henry the First, 10
Henry the Second, 24
Henry the Fifth, 4;
how he conquered Normandy and France, 15;
his marriage, 17;
wins the battle of Agincourt, 28, 32;
"that victorious prince", 39, 41;
praise of him and his brethren, 43;
his historians, liii
Henry VI. his coronation at Paris, 19;
"the innocent prince", 39
Hercules, 21
Homeldon hill, battle of, 18
Howard, lord, xxiii, xxviii, xxx, xxxvi;
left as hostage with the French, xxxii, xli, xliii, xlvi
Hubert bishop of Salisbury, 10
Huntingdon, John earl of, 16
Jerusalem, 52
Joachym king of Juda, 79
John, king, 33
John king of France taken prisoner and
brought to England, 13, 14, 36, 75
Judas Machabeus, 42
Kedecause, journey of, 28
Kent, Edmond earl of, 35, 36
Knollys, sir Robert, 15
Knowt (Canute), 2
Kyriell, sir Thomas viii, 42
Lancaster, Henry duke of, 43;
"a chief auctour and foundour in law of armes," 77
Law, the practice of, not worthy of those born to arms, xv, 77;
choice of officers of, 78
Lelius, 61, 62
Lenius, 84
Library of sir John Paston, lix;
of Humphrey duke of Gloucester, 45
Lion, the emblem of knightly valour, and particularly of the royal house
of England, ii;
men of war should resemble, 4, 22, 46, 47, 48
L'Isle Adam, Jean de Villiers seigneur de, biogr. note on, xi; 8, 68
Loans, xvi. 80
Lombards, 32
Louis, Saint, counsel to his son, v. 8, 11, 42, 81
Louis XI. abetted the Earl of Warwick, xvii;
character, xxv;
his reception of King Edward's defiance, xxvii;
kept no herald, xxx;
his "disguised apparel", xxxvii;
his timidity, xliii;
anecdotes of xli _et seq._
Lucius Brutus, 71
Lucius Paulus, 60, 67
Lucius Valerius, 52
Lumley, John lord, lv
Lysander, 69
Maine, county of, the conquest of, 19, 45;
the title of, 23, 32;
revenues of 68
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Manly man, distinguished from the (fool-)hardy man, 65
Mansel, an esquire, iii, 5
March, earl of, 15, 28, 45
Marcus Actilius, 65
Marcus Marcellus, 67
Margaret of Austria, her matrimonial alliances, xlviii
Maude, the empress, 23, 52
Montgomery, sir N., 19
Morhier, sir Simon, iii, 5
Morton, doctor, xxv, xxxi, xxxii
Montreuil (Motreaw), 8
Mountgomery, sir Thomas, xxiii, xxv, xxxii, xxxiii, xlvi
Narbonne, the vicomte de, xlvi
Nazar, battle of, 14
Nestor, 63, 64
Neuss, the siege of, xxv
Neville, lord, 15
Noblesse, identical with Chivalry, xv;
and with Honour, liv.;
_See_ BOKE OF NOBLESSE
Normandy, the title of, 22;
arms of, 23;
the wretched state of, 72;
the clergy oppressed, 74;
its re-conquest by the French, ii, iii, viii
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