Normandy, William I, duke of, account of, 143.
Normandy, Richard I, duke of, his pacification with Ethelred, 171.
Normandy, Richard II, duke of, account of, 188.
Normandy, Robert I, duke of, account of, 259; his expedition to Jerusalem, 189.
Normandy, Robert II, Curthose, duke of, pawns his duchy, 339; joins the crusade,
366, 410; account of, 420; arrangement with Henry I, 422; imprisoned till death,
423.
Normans, subdue part of Gaul, 8; unjust preference of after the conquest, 253; dislike to William II, 329 ; feuds of with the English, 217; manners and customs of, 280.
Northumberland, Robert, earl of, 323, 339.
Northumbria, kingdom of, 41; divided into two provinces, 46; its extent, 93; yields to Egbert, 96; unites with Danes, 112; subdued by Athelstan, 129.
Norwegian, singular courage of one, 256.
Norway, succession of its kings, 292.
Odo, archbishop of Canterbury, separates Edwy from Elfgiva, 146.
Odo, bishop of Bayeux and earl of Kent, 307; rebels against Rufus and is banished, 328.
Offa, king of Mercia, his character, 77; rapacity, 78; treaty with Charlemagne, 84.
Offa, king of Essex, becomes a monk, 91.
Ordeal, account of, 22, note.
Order, monastic, afflicted by Edwy, 146; revives under Edgar, 155.
Organ, hydraulic, account of, 175.
Orkney, isles of, subdued by Magnus, 343; Paul earl of, 443.
Osberne, precentor of Canterbury, his life of Dunstan, 146; his skill in music, 148.
Osbert, king of Northumbria, 112.
Osred, king of Northumbria, 68.
Oswald, king of Northumbria, 46; his death, 48; miracles, 49, 237.
Oswin, king of Northumbria, 50.
Oswy, king of Northumbria, 50, 51.
Otha, brother of Hengist, settles in Northumbria, 40.
Otho, the Great, 66.
Pallas, his body found at Rome, 234.
Palling, a Danish noble murdered, 185.
Palms, assumed by pilgrims, and why, 398.
Palumbus, a priest, 233; his death, 234.
Paschal II, pope, his letter to Henry I, on investitures, 448; to Anselm, 450; contest with the emperor Henry V, 457.
Paschasius, his story of the Host, 314.
Patrick, St. 24.
Patrician of Rome, its office, 462.
Paul, of Samosata, 396.
Paulinus, 26; converts the Northumbrians, 45.
Penda, king of Mercia, his character, 70; his death, 71.
Peter the Hermit, account of, 366, 381.
Peter-pence, origin of, 98, 202.
Petrary, meaning of that term, 380, 405.
Philip I, king of France, 206. His infatuated conduct, 437.
Philip the clerk, account of, 420.
Places, holy, Bede's account of, 57.
Plegmund, abp. of Canterbury, 120.
Plough-alms, what, 201.
Poison, antidote against, 415.
Poitou, Peter, bishop of, account of, 469.
Poitou, William, earl of, defeated by the Turks, 408. His licentious conduct, 469.
Prodigy, of the double woman, 235.
Pythagoras, his double path, 172.
Quendrida, murders her brother Kenelm, 87, 238.
Ramula, description of, 383. Siege of, 409.
Ranulf, or Ralph, bishop of Durham, his character, 336, 476. Imprisoned, 428. His escape, 429.
Raymond, earl of St. Giles, joins the crusade, 365. Account of, 416.
Reading monastery, 447.
Redwald, king of the East Angles, 41, 88.
Repasts, custom concerning in England, changed, 441, note.
Richard, son of Will. I, his untimely death, 306.
Ring, with Solomon's impression, 177.
Ritual, Ambrosian, 350, note. Gregorian, ib.
Robert, archbishop of Canterbury, 217. He flies, proceeds to Rome, and dies, 221.
Robert, bishop of Chester, account of, 354.
Robert Curthose. See Normandy.
Robert, earl of Moreton, brother of Will. I, 307.
Robert Fitz-Hubert, 511.
Robert Friso, earl of Flanders, account of, 289.
Robert Guiscard, account of, 295.
Robert, king of France, his character, 204.
Robert, son of Godwin, account of, 284.
Roger, bishop of Salisbury, account of, 441. Imprisoned, 500. Death and character,
507.
Rollo the Dane, obtains Rouen, 125. His insolence, 126.
Romans finally quit Britain, 6.
Rome, dreadful state of, 224. Citizen of, singular story of, 232. Poetical description of, 367. Account of its gates, churches, &c. 368. Schism in church of, 484.
Rome-scot, 98, 202.
Ross, in Wales, Flemings settled at, 435.
Rouen, William, archbishop of, account of, 438.
Sabert, king of East Saxons, baptized, 90.
Saints, incorruption of several, after death, 48, 236.
