INDEX
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A
abdications
absolute monarchy
adultery, cult of
Al Fayed, Dodi
Al Fayed, Mohamed
Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Albert Victor, Prince
Alenon, Franois, Duke of
Alexandra of Denmark
Andrew, Duke of York
Angevin empire
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Anne (17021714)
Anne of Cleves
Anne of Denmark
Anne, Princess Royal
annus horribilis
Aquitaine
Armstrong-Jones, Antony
Arthur of Brittany
Arundel, Thomas
Austin, William
Ayscough, William
B
Babington, Sir Anthony
Baccarat Scandal
Bahama Islands
Baker, Richard
Baldwin, Stanley
Ballard, John
Barnet, Battle of
barons
Beaufort, Edmund
Becket, Thomas
Bertie see Edward VII
Berties Fall
Black Death
Blenheim Palace
Blood, Thomas
Bloody Assizes
Bloody Mary
Boleyn, Anne
Bolingbroke, Henry see Henry IV (13991413)
Boniface of Savoy
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Bosworth Field, Battle of (1485)
Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of
Boyne, Battle of (1690)
Bradshaw, John
Brampton Bryan
Brighton Pavilion
Brilliana, Lady Harley
Briouze, William de
Brittany
Brown, Harold
Brown, John
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of
Burghley, William Cecil, Lord
burning at the stake
Burrell, Paul
C
Campbell, Robert
Campeggio, Lorenzo
cannibalism
Canterbury Cathedral
Carew, Nicholas
Carisbrooke Castle
Caroline of Anspach
Caroline of Brunswick
banned from coronation
behaviour of
popularity of
Castle Rising
Catherine of Aragon
Cecil, William
Chalus Castle
Charles I (16251649)
character of
execution of
trial of
Charles I, king of Spain
Charles II (16601685)
character of
dissolves parliament
mistresses
plots against
regalia
Charles IV, king of France
Charles, Prince of Wales
character of
Charles VI, king of France
Charlotte of Mecklenburg
Charlotte, Princess
A Chronicle of the Kings of England (Baker)
church courts
Churchill, Randolph
Churchill, Sarah
civil war (11391148)
civil war (1215)
civil war (16421649)
Clare, Margaret
Clarence, William, Duke of
Clement VII
Cleveland Street scandal
Clifford, Rosamund
conscription
constitutional monarchy
Conway Castle
coronations
Cranmer, Thomas
Creton, Jean
Cromwell, Oliver
Cromwell, Thomas
Crown Jewels, attempt to steal
crusades
Culloden, Battle of (1746)
Culpepper, Thomas
Cumberland, William, Duke of
Cumming, William Gordon
D
Darnley, Henry Stuart, Lord
David see Edward VIII (1936)
Davis, Moll
De Amore (Andrew)
De Burgh, Hubert
Dereham, Francis
Des Roches, Peter
Despenser, Hugh (father and son)
Dettingen, Battle of (1741)
Diana: Her True Story (Morton)
Diana, Princess of Wales
campaigns
character of
Dighton, John
Divine Right
divorce, attitudes to
Dover, Treaty of
Drake, Sir Francis
Dudley, Guildford
Dudley, John
Dudley, Robert
Dudley Ward, Freda
E
Eddie, Prince see Albert Victor, Prince
Edgehill, Battle of (1642)
Edinburgh, Duke of, Prince Philip
Edward I (12721307)
Edward II (13071327)
character of
Edward III (13271377)
Edward IV (14611483)
character of
Edward V (1483)
Edward VI (15471553)
Edward VII (190110)
Baccarat Scandal
becomes king
character of
divorce cases
Edward VIII (1936)
abdication of
character of
governorship
mistresses
and the Nazis
Edward the Black Prince
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Provence
Elizabeth I (15581603)
arrested
character of
death of
Gloriana, the Virgin Queen
and marriage
and Mary, Queen of Scots
plots against
support for
Elizabeth II (1952)
Elizabeth of York
Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Engleby, Jane
Evelyn, John
Evesham, Battle of
executions
F
famine
Fawkes, Guy
Felton, John
female snipers
Ferguson, Sarah
Fitzherbert, Maria
Forest, Miles
Frederick, Prince (son of George II)
Froissart, Jean
G
Garter, Order of
Gaveston, Piers
Geoffrey de Mandeville
Geoffrey, Prince
George I (17141727)
character of
mistresses
plots against
George II (17271760)
character of
George III (17601820)
character of
illness of
George IV (18201830)
character of
coronation of
marriages
as Regent
George of Clarence
George of Denmark
George V (19101936)
George VI (19361952)
Gerald of Wales
Glencoe massacre (1692)
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester, William, Duke of
Grand Remonstrance
Grey, Jane
Grim, Edward
Guillame le Breton
Gunpowder Plot (1605)
Gwynn, Nell
H
Hampton Court Palace
Harley, Brilliana
Harry, Prince Henry of Wales, son of Prince Charles
Henry I Beauclerc (11001135)
Henry II (11541189)
character of
children
death of
royal seal
and Thomas Becket
Henry III (12161272)
character of
coronation of
Henry IV (13991413)
character of
coronation of
Henry V (14131422)
Henry VI (14221461, 14701471)
character of
death of
Henry VII (14851509)
and Richard III
Henry VIII (15091547)
beheadings
breaks with Rome
character of
divorces
grief stricken
non-consummation
Henry of Huntingdon
Henry the Young King
Herrenhausen Palace
Hewitt, James
History of King Richard III (More)
The History of the Kings of England (Creton)
Hitler, Adolf
Holbein, Hans
Holyroodhouse
homosexuality
House of Commons
Howard, Catherine
Hugh of Cluny
Hugh of Lusignan
Hurst Castle
I
impostors
Isabel of Gloucester
Isabella of Angoulme
Isabella of France
J
Jacobite Rebellion (1745)
James I (16031625)
character of
homosexuality of
James II (16851688)
plots against
Jeffreys, George (Judge)
John (11991216)
and Arthur
barons revolt
castles
character of
pays homage
John of Gaunt
Junor, Penny
K
Keppel, Alice
Ketch, Jack
Knigsmarck, Philip von
L
Lambe, John
Lancaster, House of
Lenthall, William
Leopold of Austria
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
lesbianism
Leviticus, Prohibition of
Lewes, Battle of (1264)
Lionel of Clarence
Lisle, Alice
Loch Leven Castle
Lords Appellant
Louis Capet
Louis VII
Louis XIV
Luttrell Psalter
M
MacDonald clan
MacDonald, Flora
Magna Carta (1215)
Maiden Troops
Margam Abbey
Margaret of Anjou
Margaret, Princess
Marie de Champagne
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of