INDEX.
759
- West-pha′li-a, treaty of, 586–589; kingdom of, 679.
- Whig.—The origin of this word is a little uncertain; some get it from the initial letters of the phrase, "We hope in God," which was the motto of some of the early members of the party; others from whey, the drink of the Scotch covenanters.
- Whigs, origin of W. party, 621.
- Whitby, council of, 380.
- Whitefield (Whit′field),George,721, n.
- Wilfred, 380.
- William I., the Conqueror, k. of England, 434–436; II., the Red, 436, n. William III., k. of England, his part in the Revolution of 1688, 623, 624; reign, 626–628.
- William I., k. of Prussia, 703; becomes emp. of the New German Empire, 707.
- William I., the Silent. See Orange, William of.
- Winfred. See St. Boniface.
- Winkelried (wĭnk′e̯l-reet), Arnold of, 506.
- Witan, the, 433.
- Witikind (wit′ĭ-kĭnd), 406.
- Woden, 379.
- Wolfe, Major-General, 631.
- Wolseley, Lord, in Egypt, 728.
- Wolsey, Cardinal, 543, 545.
- Woman, social position of, among the Greeks, 216, 217.
- Worcester (wo͝os'ter), battle of, 614.
- Worms, diet of, 523, 524.
- Wür'tem-burg, duchy of, in Thirty Years' War, 588.
- Wycliffe (wĭk′lif), 490, 491.
- Xan-thip′pe, 206.
- Xavier (zăv′i-e̯r), Francis, 528.
- Xen′o-phon, 156, 198.
- Xeres (hā́-rĕs′), battle of, 398.
- Xerxes (zĕrks′ēs) I., k. of Persia, 80, 81.
- York, d. of, 621.
- York, house of, 479, n.; badge of, 488. See Roses, Wars of the.
- Yuste (yoos′ta), monastery of, 534.
- Zaandam (zän′däm′), 635.
- Za′gros Mountains, 59, 60.
- Za′ma, battle of, 264, 265.
- Zealand, 567, 568.
- Zed′e-ki′ah, k. of Judah, 68.
- Ze′la, battle of, 296.
- Zĕnd′a-ves′ta, the, 83.
- Ze′no, 210.
- Ze′no, Roman emp. in the East, 348.
- Ze-no′bi-a, 329.
- Zeūs, 102; oracles of, 104, 105.
- Zeuxis (zūks′iss), 189.
- Zorn′dorf, battle of, 646.
- Zo-ro-as′ter, 83.
- Zoroastrianism, 83, 84.
- Zut′phen, siege of, 570.
- Zwingle, Ulrich (zwĭng'gl, o͝ol′rĭk), 525.
