his treachery to Alfred Atheling;
policy toward Edward the Confessor;
characters of his sons;
is driven into exile;
his reconciliation to Edward;
death and character.
Goodwin sands, origin of.
Gourdon, Adam de, the outlaw.
Gourdon, Bertrand de, cause of death
of Richard I.
Goutran, his accusation against the
Countess de Gastinois; overcome
by Ingelger.
Gray, John de, elected Abp. of Canterbury;
his election declared null
by the Pope, refuses to acknowledge
the Interdict; his advice to
King John.
Gregory VII., Pope, his struggle with
Henry IV. of Germany.
Grosteste, Robert, Bp. of Lincoln, history
of; his contest with the Pope
for the rights of the Church; his
death.
Gryffyth, King of Wales.
Gualo, the Pope's legate; takes
charge of the minority of Henry III.
Guerrin de Lire, abbot of Malmesbury.
Guibert, the Antipope.
Guimond of St. Leufroi, his noble rebuke of William the Conqueror.
Gundred, doubts as to her being the daughter
of William the Conqueror.
Gundulf, Bp. of Rochester, his answer
to William Rufus; supports Anselm
against the King; warns
Rufus against hunting in the New
Forest.
Guy of Burgundy, his conspiracy against
William of Normandy.
Guy of Flanders, treachery to, by Phillipe IV.;
Edward I.'s alliance
with; his death in prison.
Gyda, wife of Earl Godwin.
Gyrtha, his advice to his brother Harold;
death at Hastings.
Gytha, mother of Harold, her advice to
her son.
Hainault, Sir John of, heads Queen Isabel's
invasion of England; accompanies
Edward III. to the Border;
marriage of Edward III. to his
niece.
Hako, grandson of Earl Godwin, hostage
to William of Normandy.
Halfdan, brother of St. Olaf, story of
his childhood.
Haro, supposed origin of the cry.
Harold Bluetooth, his support of Richard
the Fearless.
Harold Hardrada, Tostig seeks his alliance
against Harold of England;
stories of his childhood, succeeds to
the crown of Norway; accepts
Tostig's invitation to invade England;
Killed at Stamford bridge.
Harold Harefoot, crowned King of England.
Harold Harfagre, King of Norway.
Harold, son of Earl Godwin; his
character; his popularity with the
king and people; hopes to secure
the crown, becomes prisoner to
William of Normandy, his oath
to assist him to the crown of England;
conversation at the death-bed of
Edward the Confessor, is crowned
King of England, defeats Harold
Hardrada at Stamford Bridge;
marches south to oppose William of
Normandy; his entrenchment at
Heathfield; wounded in the battle
of Hastings; his body found by
Edith; his burial at Waltham,
tradition of surviving the battle of
Hastings, his proceedings with
the Welsh.
Harthaknut becomes King of England;
revenges his brother's wrongs;
sends for his brother Edward
from Normandy; his sudden death.
Hasting the Sea-king at Rouen; his
exploits; his interview with Rolf,
settlement in France.
Helie de la Fleche, conduct to, of William
Rufus; his claim to the
county of Maine.
Helie de St. Saen, friend of Robert
Courtheuse.
Henry I., Beauclerc, fourth son of William
the Conqueror; his interview
with his father on his death-bed;
ill-treated by his brothers; secures
the crown on the death of William
Rufus; suspicion that he
murdered Rufus; his disputes
with Anselm; marries Edith of
Scotland; Robert Courtheuse renounces
his English rights in his favor,
invades Normandy; his
misery at the shipwreck of his son;
his great abilities and learning;
marries Alice of Louvain;
declares his daughter Maude his successor,
marries her to Geoffrey
Plantagenet; remorse of his latter
years; his death.
Henry II., Fitz-Empress, birth of;
his training by the Earl of Gloucester;
accession to the throne;
marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine;
large dominions, activity and appearance;
his opposition to the
privileges of the clergy; quarrels
with Becket on this subject, condemns
Becket to forfeit his property;
his proceedings at the Council of
Northampton; conferences with
Becket at Montmirail and Montmartre;
complication of the quarrel;
submits to Becket, his hasty
imprecation against Becket; his
grief at Becket's murder; conditions
of his pardon, his penance
at Becket's tomb; invades Ireland;
the native princes submit
to him; his crimes, his marriage
the root of his misfortunes,
his family; rebellion of his sons;
arrogance of his son Henry;
his conduct to his queen; conference
with his sons at Limoges;
excites his son Richard to rebellion,
last interview with Phillippe Auguste,
grief at the treachery of
his son John, his miserable
death and burial, his proceedings
in Brittany respecting Prince Arthur,
ignores the Old English laws.
Henry III., coronation of, made to
agree to Magna Charta, his guardians
during his minority, his
character, foreign favourites at his
court, his extravagance,
poverty and rapacity,
his dispute with Simon de Montfort,
swears to keep the Great Charter,
his dispute with the Barons,
referred to Louis IX.,
his position after the battle of Lewes,
his death.
Henry VIII., his spoliation of Becket's shrine.
Henry I., of France, William of Normandy placed under his protection.
Henry IV., of Germany, his struggle with Pope Gregory VII.,
appoints an antipope.
Henry V., of Germany marries Matilda, daughter of Henry Beauclerc,
strange stories about.
Henry VI., of Germany, his conduct to Richard I..
Henry de Blois made Bp. of Winchester,
besieged at Winchester by Maude,
consecrates Becket Abp. of Canterbury,
his generous support of Becket.
Henry Plantagenet, eldest son of Henry II.,
his marriage with Margaret of France,
coronation of,
in his father's lifetime,
rebels against his father,
his arrogance to his father,
dispute with his brother Richard,
his unhappy death.
Henry, son of David I. of Scotland,
his character.
Hereward le Wake, parentage of,
attacks the Normans on his estate,
establishes the Camp of Refuge,
his prowess and courage,
his principal followers,
attacked by William the Conqueror at the Camp of Refuge,
his exploits there,
makes peace with William,
tradition of his love for Alftrude,
his latter days and death,
valued by William the Conqueror.
Herluin, Count of Montreuil, the ally of William Longsword,
suspected of causing his death,
killed by the Danes.
Herve de Montmarais, his proceedings in Ireland.
Hilary, Bp. of Chichester, supports Henry II. against Becket,
his ex-communication.
Hilda, mother of Rolf Ganger.
Hildebrand frees the Pope from the subjection of the Emperor.
See Gregory VII.
Hildegarde, wife of Foulques III.,
Count of Anjou.
Holy Land, the position of the Christians there at the last Crusade,
its colonization by the Latins unsuccessful.
Holy Roman Empire, the, its foundation,
Charlemagne the first Emperor,
its extent, France falls away from it.
Hospitallers and Templars, their jealousy of each other,