Part i

. 61, Pt. ii. 130, Pt. iii. 227; early fragment in British Museum, 63; various modes of representing, 123, 270; shewn of different colours, 270.

Chanfrein, 348.

Chantones, 292.

Charge "en haie," 115, 223.

Charlemagne, his armour, 8; his sword and belt, 38; (see Capitularies).

Chastones, 347.

Chat-Chastel, 355.

Chausses, iron, 134; studded, Pt. ii. 134, Pt. iii. 243, 255; of chain-mail, 241; of chain-mail, laced behind, 241; of banded-mail, 242; with poleyns, 242.

Chausson, 242; with knee-pieces, 243.

Childebert I., 30, 47.

--------- II., 18.

Chinese armour, 120.

------- incendiary weapons, 331.

Chivalry, 94, 97.

Church, armed contingent of, 9.

Circle, the ornament of the coif and hood of mail, Pt. iii. 235, 237.

Clavones, 347.

Clergy militant, Pt. i. 14, Pt. ii. 108, 113, 153, Pt. iii. 220.

Clientes, 196, 208.

Clovis, 9, 17.

Club, 324.

Code, military, Pt. ii. 103.

Cœnomanici, 9.

Coif of mail, continuous, Pt. ii. 130; flat-topped, Pt. iii. 235; rounded, 235; how fastened, 235; worn with or without other head-defence, 236; under-coif, 238; with, front of plate, 291.

Coin, with figure of a Frankish warrior, 31.

Collarium, Pt. iii. 234.

Communal militia, Pt. i. 99, Pt. ii. 166, Pt. iii. 195.

Connoissances, Pt. ii. 167, Pt. iii. 196.

Constables, Pt. iii. 211; of bowmen, Pt. iii. 214; of cavalry, Pt. iii. 215.

Contus, 155.

Copita, 348.

Coterelli, 99.

Coudières, 234.

Coustillers, 196, 204.

Crest, fan, for helm, 142; for knight, 347, 368; for horse, 347, 368.

Croc, 324.

Cross-bow, Pt. ii. 158, Pt. iii. 325; various kinds of, 326, 353.

Cross-bows figured, 201, 205.

Cross-bowmen, mounted, Pt. iii. 195, 202; in thirteenth century, 201; wearing armour, 204; placed on the wings, 225.

Cuirie, Pt. iii. 240, 368.

Cultellus, Pt. ii. 154, Pt. iii. 210, 314.

Cultellarius, 155.

Culvertage, Pt. iii. 213 and _note_.

Cuneus, Pt. i. 16, Pt. iii. 223.

Cuton Moor, battle of, 108.

Dagger, Pt. i. 7, 43, 51, Pt. ii. 110, 154, Pt. iii. 318; of bronze and iron, Pt. i. 53; inlaid, 53; carved on knightly tomb, Pt. iii. 318; at Durham, of the thirteenth century, 318.

Daggers figured, 52, 244, 283.

Dagger-sheath, Pt. i. 43, 53.

Danes, Pt. i. 12.

Danish axe, Pt. i. 12, Pt. iii. 219, 320.

Destrier, Pt. iii. 197, 340.

Divers employed against shipping, Pt. ii. 177.

Duel, Legal, 375.

Eagle, Imperial, 164, 332.

Effigies, knightly, Pt. iii. 193; works illustrative of, 194 _note_.

Engines, military, Pt. i. 87, Pt. ii. 173, Pt. iii. 224, 348; Arabic in thirteenth century, 329.

Eorl, 9, 38.

Espée à l'estoc, 314.

Esquire, Pt. ii. 95, Pt. iii. 195.

Espringale, Pt. iii. 224, 353.

Exempts, 9.

Exercises of military aspirants, Pt. i. 83, Pt. ii. 181, 185, 188.

Falarica, 89.

Falchion, Pt. iii. 312.

--------- figured, 313.

Falkirk, battle of, 217.

Falx, faus, or falso, Pt. iii. 211, 323.

Faussar, 324.

Female warriors, Pt. i. 15.

------ spies, 209.

Fetel, 10.

Feudal levy, Pt. i. 95, Pt. ii. 103, Pt. iii. 195.

Fitzstephen, his description of London games in the twelfth century, 185.

Flag, lance, Pt. ii. 150, 167, 168, Pt. iii. 305, 338.

Flags, Pt. i. 84, Pt. ii. 163, Pt. iii. 331.

Flail, military, 327.

Foot, knights contend as, Pt. ii. 116.

Foot-troops, Pt. iii. 196, 197, 216; ridden down by the knights of their own party, 203.

Fork, military, Pt. i. 57.

Formation of troops, Pt. i. 16, Pt. ii. 101, 108, 114, Pt. iii. 217, 223.

Forts of wood, 180.

Francisca, 45.

Franks, 4, 9, 16, 53.

Fraternitas armorum, 50 _note_.

Frieslanders, Pt. iii. 219.

Gambeson, Pt. ii. 111, 127, Pt. iii. 229, 239.

Gauls, 9.

Gauntlets of scale-work, 234.

Gaveloches, 219.

Geldon, 151.

Gerefa, 15.

Germans, Pt. i. 9, 16, 17, 31.

Gesa, 106.

Gibet, 153.

Godbertum, 292.

Godendac, 323.

Godwin, Earl, his present to Hardecanute, 12.

Gonfanon, Pt. ii. 103, 166.

Graisle, 168.

Greaves, Pt. iii. 244.

Greek fire, Pt. i. 89, Pt. ii. 161, Pt. iii. 327; Arabic treatise on, 329; discharged in barrels, 351.

Guisarme, Pt. i. 50, Pt. ii. 106, 155, Pt. iii. 211, 322.

Gula, Laws of, 12.

Gunpowder, 89.

Gwentland, archers of, 105.

Hair, how worn, Pt. ii. 148, Pt. iii. 301.

Halbard, Pt. i. 11, Pt. iii. 323.

Harold II., 18, 64.

Harold Harfagar, 20.

Hastiludes, 181.

Hastings, battle of, 16, 19, 21, 55, 114.

Hauberk, Pt. ii. 129, Pt. iii. 233; with continuous coif, Pt. ii. 130, Pt. iii. 233; short-sleeved, 131, 239; long-sleeved, 131; with fingered gloves, Pt. iii. 234; with separate gauntlets, 234; with coudières, 234.

Haubergeon, Pt. ii. 131, Pt. iii. 239.

Helm, flat-topped, 279, 346; flat-topped, with moveable ventail, 281; worn over the mail-coif, 281; round-topped, 281; of "sugar-loaf" form, 282; of leather, 282, 368, 369; secured by a chain, 285; with fan-crest, 285; with peacock plume, 286; with horns, 289; crowned, 289; of Poitiers, 293.

Helmets, Pt. i. 66, Pt. ii. 138, Pt. iii. 274; combed, Pt. i. 67, Pt. ii. 140; conical, Pt. i. 67, Pt. ii. 140, Pt. iii. 290; Phrygian, Pt. i. 67, Pt. ii. 140; round-topped, Pt. i. 67, Pt. ii. 140, Pt. iii. 290; crested, Pt. i. 68, Pt. ii. 141, 142, Pt. iii. 285; charmed, 68; frame, Pt. i. 69, Pt. iii. 291; of bronze, 71; of bronze gilt, 71; of wood, 71; crowned, 72, 289; nasal, Pt. i. 72, Pt. ii. 130, 138, Pt. iii. 291; wide-rimmed, Pt. ii. 112, 141, Pt. iii. 290; with cheek-pieces and neck-pieces, 139; flat-topped, Pt. ii. 141, Pt. iii. 289; with heraldic device, 142; open-faced, 291.

Hood of chain-mail, Pt. iii. 236; flat-topped, 236; round-topped, 236; slipped off the head and resting on the shoulders, 237; hood of cloth-like material, 237.

Horns, Pt. ii. 169, Pt. iii. 338.

Horse, buried in the grave of warrior, 80, 83 _note_; spare in the field of battle, 116; Spanish, Pt. ii. 173, Pt. iii. 339; of William the Conqueror, 173; with fan-crest, 286; breeds of, 339; horses of contending knights fight also, 340; armed horses come into use in England, 344.

Horse furniture, Pt. i. 79, Pt. ii. 169, Pt. iii. 340; rich, 80, 340; of chain-mail, Pt ii. 169, Pt. iii. 197, 335, 341, 343; of cloth, 335; of silk, 336; quilted, 341, 343; armoried, 341, 345, 347.

Horse troops, Pt. i. 17, Pt. ii. 103, Pt. iii. 195.

Hourds, 358 _note_.

Hungarians, 13.

Húscarlas, 10, 38.

Icelanders, 11.

Irish troops, Part ii . 103.

Iron Period, 2.

Italy, troops in, Pt. i. 12, Pt. iii. 195, 218.

Javelin,