Part i

. 60, 64, 65, 67, 77, Pt. ii. 92, 102, 119, 122, 127, 129, 135, 136, 140, 144, 151, 170, Pt. iii. 228, 230, 232, 237, 243, 244, 250, 275, 283, 285, 287, 296, 299, 303, 313, 339, 346.

Ships, Pt. i. 11, 90, Pt. ii. 110, 147, 173, 178, Pt. iii. 362.

Sica, 35.

Sidonius Apollinaris, 4, 34.

Siege of Paris in 886, 88; of Jerusalem in 1099, 173; of Crema in 1160, 176, 181; of Ancona in 1174, 177; of Messina in 1190, 178; of Acre, in 1191, 180; of Bedford castle in 1224, 360; of Carcassone in 1240, 355; of the Castle of Capaccio in 1246, 350.

Sigeward, duke of Northumberland, his death, 66.

Skating tilt, 187.

Sling, Pt. i. 57, 58, Pt. ii. 156, Pt. iii. 204, 327; sling-stones, 59; staff-sling, 206, 327.

Slings figured, Pt. i. 59, Pt. ii. 135, Pt. iii. 205, 206.

Soket, 306.

Song, war, 20.

Soudoyers, 208.

Sow, an engine for sieges, 174.

Spears, Pt. i. 21, Pt. ii. 150, Pt. iii. 301.

------- figured, Pt. i. 22, 23, 64, 65, 66, 67, 77, 90, Pt. ii. 92, 102, 107, 119, 122, 127, 129, 133, 135, 136, 137, Pt. iii. 237, 243, 244, 250, 254, 303.

Spear, shaft of, 27, 150; shoe of, 29; represented on knightly tomb, 305, 318; for hastiludes, 306.

Spies, 209.

Spingarda, 353.

Spingardella, 353.

Spurs, Pt. i. 81, Pt. ii. 171, Pt. iii. 298; on left heel only, 82; rowelled, 298; enriched, 300; suspended in churches as trophies, 300.

Standards, Pt. i. 84, Pt. ii. 163, Pt. iii. 331; Danish, 84; Anglo-Saxon, 85; Dragon, 85, 164, 331, or Carrocium, Pt. i. 86, Pt. ii. 107, 165, Pt. iii. 331; of William the Conqueror, 163; of the emperor Otho, 164; of Philip Augustus, 302, 334; French Royal Standard, 334.

Standard, battle of the, 107.

Stanford Bridge, battle of, 20.

Statute-of-Arms of William of Scotland, 50; of Henry II. in 1181, 97; of Frejus in 1233, 230, 241; of Henry III. in 1252, 210; of Winchester in 1285, 199, 210; of Edward I. in 1298, 344.

Steallera, 11.

Steel, hardening of in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, 163.

Stone-hammer, 57, 58.

Stone Period, 1.

Stones used as weapons, 162.

Stratagems, 116, 225.

Studded armour, 134, 243, 255; of several kinds, 256.

Sudis, 155.

Surcoat, military, Pt. ii. 111, 126, Pt. iii. 271; its use, 271; short and long worn throughout the thirteenth century, 272; armoried, 272; its purpose, 273; powdered with escutcheons, 273; sleeved, 274; of Sindon silk, 369; of Carda, 369.

Swords, Pt. i. 31, Pt. ii. 151, Pt. iii. 307; rich, 37, 309; of Charlemagne, 38; inscribed, 39; inlaid, 40; named, 40, 152; poisoned, 40; bent, found in graves, 42; of William the Conqueror, 152; manner of furbishing, 153; Hungarian, 163; worn at the right side, 311; of King Henry III., 311; German and French in the thirteenth century, 311; curved sabre, 314; stabbing, 314; of Cologne, 316; sword and buckler fight, 316; sword carved on knightly tomb, 317, 318; made of whalebone, 368, 370.

Swords figured: _frontispiece_, Pt. i. 32, 33, 60, 67, Pt. ii. 130, 132, 135, 136, 140, 144, 151, 170, Pt. iii. 192, 199, 228, 230, 237, 238, 243, 247, 254, 257, 261, 268, 275, 283, 285, 287, 296, 299, 303, 313, 339, 346.

Sword-belts, 44, 152, 309.

----- cross-piece, 34, 151, 308.

----- handle, 35, 308.

----- sheath, 42, 309; worn beneath hauberk, 130.

Tacitus, 7, 11, 16, 88.

Tactics, Pt. i. 16, Pt. ii. 108, 114, Pt. iii. 222.

Taper-axe, 45, 47.

Tartars, 172.

Tela nodosa, 106.

Tents, 362.

Tenures by various military services: at Riddesdale, Northumberland, 152; at Faintree, Salop, 200; at Chetton, Salop, 201; by Castle-guard, at Portsmouth, 239; at Sockburn, Durham, 313; at Plumpton, Warwickshire, 321; at Baynard's Castle, London, 334.

Terebra, 89.

Testaræ, 348.

Testudo, 88.

Time of military service, 9, 96.

Tournament, Pt. ii. 182, Pt. iii. 362; near St. Edmundsbury, 183; restricted to five localities in England, 184; in France under Philippe Auguste, 184; armour not different from that worn in battle, 185; writers on the subject, 185 _note_; forbidden, 211, 364; tumultuous at Rochester in 1251, 363; of Châlons in 1274, 363; Statute, _circa_ 1295, 366; of Windsor Park, 366, 368.

Tourney, 182.

Tours, for bending cross-bows, 353.

Towers, Moveable, employed in sieges, Pt. i. 89, Pt. ii. 173, 174, Pt. iii. 354, 361.

Trébuchet, four kinds of in the thirteenth century, 349; named, 351; reproduced at Vincennes in 1850, 351; projectiles of, 351.

Trialemellum, 324.

Tribulus, 200 (and see Caltrop).

Tripantum, 349.

Trumpet, 169, 338.

Trumulières, 292.

Tunic, 111, 126, 229.

Uniform costume not in vogue, 228; but adopted on particular occasions, 229.

Urns, funereal, containing weapons, 30, 42.

Varlets, 196.

Vegecius, 30.

Vinea, Pt. ii. 173, 174, 178, Pt. iii. 354.

Vireton, 160.

Vomerulus, 306.

Wace, the particular value of his chronicle to the student of ancient usages, 94.

Wager of battle, 375.

Wams, Wambasium (see Gambeson).

War-cries, Pt. i. 20, Pt. ii. 117.

Watch: armed Town-watch, temp. Hen. III., 215; Watch of Paris under St. Louis, 216.

Weapons, Pt. i. 21, Pt. ii. 150, Pt. iii. 301; of peasants, 161, 315.

Weapon-smiths, 31, 41, 42.

Weland, 41.

Welsh troops, Pt. ii. 104, Pt. iii. 218.

William the Conqueror, his armour, 92, 131; his horse, 173.

Wire-drawing, when invented, 227.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation and spelling errors have been fixed throughout.

Inconsistent hyphenation is as in the original.