Eumer,
attempts
to murder Edwin, 103, 104.
bede
, 380.
East Anglia, King of, _see_ Aldwulf, Anna, Earpwald, Ecgric, Ethelhere,
Ethelwald, Redwald, Sigbert, Tytilus, Uuffa.
East Anglia, Bishop of, _see_ Bisi, Boniface, Thomas.
Easter Controversy, The, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxviii, xxx, xxxi, xxxviii,
xxxix, 84, 85, 87, 91, 128, 129, 138, 139, 143, 170, 171,
192-201, 210, 216, 228, 336, 337, 344, 350, 359-370, 374-376,
381, 386.
Easter kept twice in one year, 193.
Eastern Church, _see_ Greek.
East Lothian, 325 n.
East Saxons, 30, 45, 191 n. ;
diocese of, _see_ London;
province of, _see_ Essex.
Eata, Abbot of Melrose, afterwards Bishop of Hexham, 194 n. , 243, 244 n. ,
288, 290, 318, 385;
ordained at York in Wilfrid’s place, 244;
Bishop of Lindisfarne, 202, 244 n. , 288;
death, 302.
Eata Glinmaur, father of Eadbert of Northumbria, 391 n.
Ebbsfleet, 45 n.
Ebchester, Monastery of, 260 n.
Ebroin, Mayor of the Palace to Clothaire III, 192 n. , 349;
plots against Wilfrid, 192 n. , 351 n. ;
detains Hadrian and Theodore, 215, 216;
murdered, 215 n.
“Ecclesiastes,” quoted, 220.
Ecclesiastical Arithmetic, 217.
“Ecclesiastical History,” Bede’s, MSS. of, xix, 277 n. ;
sources of, xxi, xxii, 5 n. ;
editions of, xix, xx;
translations of, xx, xxi, 249 n. , 321 n. ;
date of, 379 n. ;
Bede’s own account of, 386;
and _passim_.
Ecgric, King of East Anglia, after Sigbert, 172.
Eclanum, Bishop of, _see_ Julianus.
Eclipses of the Moon, 390, 392;
of the Sun, 203, 213, 383, 384, 390, 392.
Eddi, or Eddius, surnamed Stephen, editorial references to, his “Life of
Wilfrid,” 189 n. , 217 n. , 218 n. , 244 n. , 252 n. , 267 n. , 346
n. , 347 n. , 348 n. , 349 n. , 350 n. , 351 n. , 353 n. ;
teaches the Northumbrians to sing in church, 217.
Edessa, Bishop of, _see_ Ibas.
Edgar, Bishop of Lindsey, 243.
Edilhart, King of Wessex, 391.
Edinburgh (perhaps Urbs Iudeu), 23 n. , 189 n.
Edric, King of Kent, 287.
Edwin, King of Deira, afterwards of Northumbria, 5th Bretwalda, 109, 127,
147, 164, 243 n. , 348 n. ;
his early history, xxv, 112, 115, 130 n. ;
marries Ethelberg of Kent, xxiv, 102, 103;
conquers the Mevanian Islands, 94, 102;
his dominion, 102;
his vision, 112, 113, 114, 115;
his conversion and baptism, xxv, 102, 105, 110, 111, 115, 116, 118, 131,
270, 271, 384;
allows his daughter to be baptized, 104, 384;
his children, 104, 119, 132;
receives letters from Pope Honorius, 124, 125;
converts Earpwald, xxv, 120, 121;
Eumer’s attack on his life, 103, 104;
his war against the West Saxons, 104, 105;
builds St. Peter’s, York, 118, 119, 131;
bestows the see of York upon Paulinus, 118;
marries Quenburga, 119;
his glorious reign, 123, 124, 130;
Caedwalla rebels against him, 130;
defeated and killed at the battle of Hatfield, xxv, 119, 130, 131, 134,
135 n. , 154, 167, 384;
buried at Whitby, 131 n. , 190;
his head laid in St. Gregory’s Chapel in St. Peter’s, York, 131, 190 n. ;
his Cross and Chalice preserved at Canterbury, 132.
Edwin’s Cliff, 393 n.
Edwinspath, _see_ Ouestraefelda.
Egbert, Bishop of York after Wilfrid II, afterwards Archbishop, pupil of
Bede, xxxvi, 273 n. , 342 n. , 390, 391;
founder of the School of York, xxxvi;
Bede’s “Epistola ad Ecgbertum” addressed to, xxxvi, 390 n. ;
Bede visits, xxxvi, xxxix;
death, 393.
Egbert, English monk in Ireland, probably bishop, xxx, xxxi, 143, 203,
205, 316;
account of, 143 n. ;
seized with the plague, 204;
his vow and recovery, 205;
his attempted mission to Frisland, 161 n. , 316;
dissuaded by a revelation, 317, 318;
sends Wilbrord instead, 320;
saved from shipwreck, 319;
his good example, 205, 206;
his account of Ceadda’s death, 223, 224;
advises Egfrid against the war with the Scots, 286;
his mission to the Columban monasteries, 318, 319, 375, 376, 386;
death, on Easter Day, 205, 376, 377, 378, 386.
Egbert, King of Kent, after Earconbert, xxvii, 213, 287, 377;
consults with Oswy on Church matters, 208;
sends Wighard to Rome, 208, 213;
sends Raedfrid to meet Theodore, 215;
death, 226, 230, 384.
Egfrid, King of Northumbria, son of Oswy, xxviii, xxix, 137 n. , 207, 227,
254, 260, 266 n. , 302, 352 n. , 353;
hostage with Queen Cynwise, 188, 189, 227 n. ;
defeats Wulfhere and annexes Lindsey, 191 n. , 243, 244;
his conquests, 226 n. ;
defeated by Ethelred at the battle of the Trent, 267;
reconciled to Ethelred by Theodore, 267;
gives Benedict Biscop land for the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow,
xxxiv, 258;
his dispute with Wilfrid, 242, 245, 385;
marries Ethelthryth, 259;
his relations with her, 259, 260;
appoints Cuthbert Bishop of Lindisfarne, 288, 293;
at the Synod of Twyford, 292;
at the Synod of Hertford, 384;
his death foretold by Cuthbert, 189 n. , 285 n. ;
sends an army to ravage Ireland, 285;
his expedition against the Picts and Scots, 244 n. , 285, 286;
defeated and killed at the battle of Nechtansmere, 247, 285, 286, 288,
342 n. , 381 n. , 385;
buried at Iona, 285 n.
Egwin, St. , Bishop of Worcester, 380 n.
Egypt, 67, 361, 362, 363, 368;
churches of, 196.
Egyptians, their skill in calculation, 366.
Elafius, British Chief, his son cured of his lameness by Germanus, 39, 40.
Elbe, The river, 317 n.
Eleutherus, or Eleuther, Pope, 12, 382.
Elfled, daughter of Oswy, dedicated to religion by her father, xxxiii,
188, 189;
account of, 189 n. ;
trained at Whitby, 190;
enters the Monastery of Hartlepool, 190;
joint Abbess of Whitby with her mother, Eanfled, 189 n. , 190, 285 n. ,
286, 306 n. ;
her friendship with Trumwine, 286, 287;
death, 190;
buried at Whitby, 190.
Elford-on-Trent, 267 n.
Elfred the priest, carries Bede’s bones to Durham, xl.
Elge, _see_ Ely.
Elizabeth, Queen, “The Ecclesiastical History,” translated for her
benefit, xxi.
Ellmyn, Celtic name for the English, 317 n.
Elmet Wood, 120.
Elmham, Bishop of, _see_ Badwin, Hadulac.
Ely, Isle of, 260 n. , 261, 263;
Monastery of, 260, 261, 262;
St. Audrey’s Fair at, 263 n.
Ely, Abbess of, _see_ Ermingild, Ethelthryth, Sexburg.
Emme, Emmo, or Haymo, Bishop of Sens, 215.
Ems, The, 317 n.
End of the World, 71.
English, The, come to Britain, 383;
idolatry among, 67, 70;
called Garmans, 317;
Saxons, 317 n. ;
Ellmyn, 317 n. ;
Church, xxiii, xxvii, xxix, 53, 65;
language, 6, 45 n. ;
religious poetry, 277.
“English Historical Review, The,” editorial reference to, 32 n.
Eni, father of Anna, 172.
Ennereilly, _see_ Inver Daeile.
Eolla, Bishop of Selsey, 345.
Eormenburg, second wife of Egfrid, 242 n. , 352 n. ;
warned by Cuthbert of Egfrid’s death, 285 n.
“Ephesians, Epistle to the,” quoted, 110.
Ephesus, Council of, 255 n.
Epigrams, 389.
“Epistola ad Ecgbertum,” _see_ Bede.
Epternach, Wilbrord’s monastery at, 324 n.
Equinox, the Vernal, 84 n. , 366, 388.
Ercinwald, Mayor of the Palace to Clovis II, 178, 215 n. , 349 n.
Ermingild, daughter of Sexburg, and wife of Wulfhere, 149 n. , 261 n. ;
Abbess of Ely and Sheppey, 261 n.
Ermynge, or Ixning, 266 n.
Erneshow, or Herneshaw, now St. John’s Lee, Hexham, 303 n.
Ernianus, Irish priest, 129.
Esi, Abbot, 3.
Esquiline, The, Rome, 257 n.
Essex, History of, xxiv, xxvii, xxx, 3, 10 n. , 89, 150 n. , 182, 183, 212,
245 n. , 380, 383;
diocese of, _see_ London.
Essex, King of, _see_ Offa, Sabert, Sebbi, Sigbert, Sighard, Sighere,
Suefred, Suidhelm.
Estrefeld, Council of, _see_ Ouestraefelda.
Etaples, 215.
Eternal punishment, 51, 53.
Ethelbald, King of Mercia, son of Alweo, 346 n. , 380, 386;
account of, 380 n. ;
ravages Northumbria, 391;
murdered, 392.
Ethelberg, daughter of Anna, Abbess of Brige, 149 n. , 151, 152, 153, 232
n.
Ethelberg, or Tata, daughter of Ethelbert of Kent, wife of Edwin of
Northumbria, xxiv, 102, 103, 104, 119, 348 n. ;
receives a letter and gifts from Pope Boniface, 109, 111;
her piety, 110;
after Edwin’s death, returns with her children and Paulinus into Kent,
xxv, 131, 132;
sends Wusfrea and Yffi to King Dagobert, 132.
Ethelbert, King of Kent, third Bretwalda, xxiv, 45, 83, 89, 94, 102;
his wife Bertha, 46;
converted by St. Augustine, 45, 46, 47, 90, 94;
receives a letter and gift from Gregory, 69;
builds St. Paul’s, London, and St. Andrew’s, Rochester, 89, 163;
endows the bishoprics of London, Rochester and Canterbury, 89;
receives a letter from Boniface, 93;
account of his reign, 93, 94;
his “dooms,” 94;
death, xxiv, 93, 94, 95, 384;
burial, 94;
genealogy, 95;
his second wife marries his son Eadbald, 95, 97.
Ethelbert, King of Kent, son of Wictred, 377.
Ethelburg, St. , sister of Earconwald, Abbess of Barking, xxviii, 232, 233;
her miracles, 232, 233, 236, 237;
death, 235, 236, 237;
burial, 236;
her spirit appears to Tortgyth, 237;
“Life of,” xxii, 237 n.
Ethelfrid, King of Northumbria, xxiv, 112, 134;
defeats the Britons at Legacaestir, xxiv, 87, 88;
defeats the Scots at Degsastan, xxiv, 73, 74;
his genealogy and reign, 73, 74;
his persecution of Edwin, 112, 113;
killed in battle by Redwald, 115;
his wives, 147 n. ;
his sons, 163.
Ethelhere, King of East Anglia, 121 n. , 185 n. , 260 n. , 271 n. ;
occasions the war between Penda and Oswy, 189;
slain at the Winwaed, 189.
Ethelhild, Abbess, 158.
Ethelhun, son of Edwin, 119.
Ethelhun, brother of Ethelwin, 204, 205.
Ethelred, King of Mercia, son of Penda, xxix, 254, 268, 332, 346, 352 n. ,
353, 385;
account of, 241 n. ;
defeats Egfrid at the battle of the Trent, 267;
reconciled to Egfrid by Theodore, 267;
recovers Lindsey, 207 n. 244, 267;
ravages Kent, 241, 242, 385;
his veneration for Bardney Monastery, 157;
appoints Oftfor Bishop of Worcester, 274;
reconciled to Wilfrid, 355, 356;
resigns his throne to Coinred, and becomes a monk, 355, 356;
Abbot of Bardney, 355, 356;
reconciles Coinred to Wilfrid, 356.
Ethelric, King of Northumbria, son of Ida, 73 n. , 270 n.
Ethelthryth, St. (of Audrey), daughter of Anna, wife of Tondbert and of
Egfrid, xxix, 149 n. , 220, 263, 269;
her history, 266;
her virginity, 259, 260, 264, 267;
her virtues, 260, 261;
her gift of prophecy, 261;
gives land for a church at Hexham, 137 n. ;
obtains a divorce and retires into the Monastery of Coldingham, 260;
founds the Monastery of Ely, 260, 263;
dies of a tumour, 261, 262, 263;
her flesh preserved from corruption, 260, 262, 266;
her posthumous miracles, 262, 263;
her bones translated by Sexburg, 261, 262, 263;
Bede’s hymn in her honour, 264-267.
Ethelthryth, daughter of Edwin, baptized, 119.
Ethelwalch, King of the South Saxons, 245, 247, 251.
Ethelwald, or Oidilwald, sub-king of Deira, son of Oswald, xxvii, 185;
rebels against his uncle Oswy and supports Penda, 163, 189;
gives Cedd land for a monastery at Lastingham, 185, 186.
Ethelwald, King of East Anglia, 185.
Ethelwald, King of Northumbria after Oswulf, 393.
Ethelwald, Abbot of Melrose and Bishop of Lindisfarne, 331, 379 n. , 381;
his death, 391;
his gifts to Lindisfarne, 331 n.
Ethelwald, Hermit, 301, 302.
Ethelward, of the Hwiccas, 243 n.
Ethelwin, Bishop of Lindsey, 158, 204, 243.
Ethelwulf, 143 n.
Ethilwin, Oswy’s reeve, 164.
Eucharist, The, _see_ Communion.
Eucherius, 340 n.
Eudoxius, heretic Bishop of Constantinople, 255 n. , 256.
Eugenius I, Pope, 349 n.
Eulalia, St. , 265.
Eumer, attempts to murder Edwin, 103, 104.
Euphemia, St. , 265.
Europe, 5.
Eusebius Pamphili, Bishop of Caesarea, 369.
Eusebius, name in religion given to Huaetbert, 389 n.
Eutropius, quoted, xxii, 19.
Eutyches, founder of Eutychianism, 78 n. , 254 n. , 256.
Eutychius, heretic patriarch of Constantinople, 78.
Eve, 266.
Excommunication, 184.
“Excursus on Paschal Controversy,” _see_ Plummer.
“Exodus,” quoted, 361, 362.
Exorcism of Evil Spirits, 311 n.
“Ezekiel, Commentary on,” by Gregory, 79.
“Ezra,” 387, 388.
Fainéant, Roi, _see_ Clothaire III.
Famines, 26, 27, 28.
Fara, or Burgundofara, foundress of the Monastery of Brige, 151, 215 n.
Faremoûtier-en-Brie, or Farae Monasterium in Brige, _see_ Brige.
Farne, Isle of, or House Island, xxix, 168, 288, 295, 301, 302.
Faro, or Burgundofarus, Bishop of Meaux, 215.
Fasting, 145, 151, 206, 282, 307 n.
Feliskirk, Yorkshire, 121 n.
Felix, St. , 388.
Felix III, Pope, 75.
Felix IV, Pope, 75.
Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, xxv, 121, 122, 193;
his school, 172;
death, 122, 178.
Felixstowe, 121 n.
Fen Country, The, 179 n.
Fergus, father of Oengus, 392 n.
Field-of-Oaks, _see_ Dearmach.
Fina, mother of Aldfrid, 287.
Finan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, after Aidan, 169, 201, 204;
baptizes Peada, 180;
ordains Diuma, 181;
baptizes Sigbert, 182;
ordains Cedd, 183;
builds a church at Lindisfarne, 192;
his controversy with Ronan on the Easter question, 193;
death, 193.
Finchale, 204 n.
Fire, future punishment by, 175.
Fire of London, 240 n.
Fish of Britain, 5.
Fiskerton, 123 n.
Flintshire, 86 n.
Florence of Worcester, editorial references to, 191 n. , 218 n. , 231 n. ,
241 n. , 244 n. , 272 n. , 273, 274, 301 n. , 377 n. , 380 n.
Foillan, _see_ Fullan.
Folcard, his Life of St. John of Beverley, editorial references to, 303
n. , 305 n.
Fontaines, Monastery of, 92 n.
Forfar, 285 n. , 360 n.
Forth, the, or Sea of Giudan, 23 n. , 24 n. , 142 n. , 285 n. , 286 n.
Forthere, Bishop of Sherborne after Aldhelm, 344, 345, 379 n. , 380.
Forthhere, Edwin’s thegn, 104.
Fortunatus, Venantius, Bishop of Poitiers, 14, 265 n. ;
his “Praise of Virgins” quoted, 15.
Fosite, the god, son of Balder, 323 n.
Fosse, monastery of, 177 n.
Fosse, Abbot of, _see_ Ultan.
France, 5.
Franks, the, 13, 22, 92 n. ;
their language, 45 n. ;
Church of, 51, 54, 55;
and _see_ Gaul.
Franks, King of the, _see_ Carloman, Charles Martel, Charibert,
Childebert, Chilperic, Clothaire III, Clovis, Dagobert,
Pippin, Theodebert, Theoderic.
Franks, Duke of the, _see_ Pippin of Heristal.
Freeman’s “Norman Conquest,” editorial references to, 32, 246 n.
Frigyth, Prioress of Hackness, 276.
Frisia, or Frisland, 317, 353 n. ;
Wictbert’s mission to, 319;
conquered by Pippin, 320;
Wilbrord’s mission to, 320;
Wilfrid’s mission in, 351.
Frisland, Archbishop of, _see_ Wilbrord.
Frisland, King of, _see_ Aldgils.
Frisland, Bishop of, _see_ Suidbert.
Frithbert, Bishop of Hexham, 391, 393.
Frithonas, _see_ Deusdedit.
Frithwald, Bishop of Whitern, 391.
Fullan, or Foillan, brother of Fursa, 177.
Fuller, his story about Bede’s epitaph, xxxiv.
Fünen, 317 n.
Fursa, St. , xxvi, 173-178.
“Fursa, Life of St. ,” xxii, 173 n. , 174, 178.
Gaels, _see_ Goidels.
“Galatians, Epistle to the,” quoted, 371.
“Gallican Martyrology,” editorial reference to, 322 n.
Galloway, 141 n.
Garmans, English so-called by the Britons, 317.
Gateshead-on-Tyne, or At-the-Goat’s Head, 180.
Gateshead, Abbot of, _see_ Utta.
Gaul, history of, xxxi, 5, 7, 10, 14 n. , 19, 20, 22, 33, 44 n. , 55, 92 n. ,
96, 98, 150, 178, 214, 378, 382;
Church of, 51, 54, 55, 196;
schools of, 121 n. , 172.
Gaul, Archbishop of, _see_ Annemundus, Godwin.
Gaul, Bishop of, _see_ Arculf.
Gauls, 9.
Gebmund, Bishop of Rochester, 241, 242, 316.
Genesis, quoted, 73, 110, 366, 370.
Genlade, the river, 315.
Genoa, Bishop of, _see_ Asterius.
Geraint, or Gerontius, Count, 22.
Geraint, or Gerontius, King of Dumnonia, 336 n. , 344 n.
Germans, 9, 22 n.
Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, sent to Britain to confute the Pelagians,
xxii, xxiii, 14 n. , 32, 33, 34;
church dedicated to, 33 n. ;
stills a tempest, 33, 34;
casts out evil spirits, 34;
converts the heretics, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41;
heals a blind girl, 35;
at St. Alban’s tomb, 35, 36;
quenches a fire, 36, 37;
healed of lameness by a vision, 36, 37;
assists the Britons in battle, 37, 38;
goes to Ravenna, 41;
Duke of Armorica, 41 n. ;
returns to Britain, 39, 40;
his death, 41.
“Germanus, Life of,” _see_ Constantius.
Germany, xxiii, xxx, 5, 161, 392 n. ;
English missions to, 316, 317, 319, 320.
Gerontius, _see_ Geraint.
Gertrude, St. , 177 n.
Gessoriacum, _see_ Boulogne.
Geta, son of Severus, 13.
Gewissae, _see_ West Saxons.
Gidley, Rev. L. , his translation of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xxi.
Gildas, historian, editorial references to, xxii, 5 n. , 19 n. , 25 n. , 42
n. ;
his “De Excidio Liber Querulus,” quoted, 42.
Giles, Dr. , his translation of the “Ecclesiastical History,” v, xx, xxi.
Gilling, 165 n.
Gilling, Abbot of, _see_ Trumhere, Tunbert.
Giudan, Sea of, _i. e. _, Firth of Forth, 23 n.
Giudi (probably Inchkeith), 23.
Glen, the river, 120.
Glendale, 119 n.
Gloucestershire, 84 n.
Goat’s Head, At the, _see_ Gateshead.
Gobban, one of Fursa’s priests, 177.
Godmunddingaham, or Goodmanham, 118.
Godwin, Archbishop of Lyons, 316.
Godwine, 246 n.
Goidels, or Gaels, 7 n. , 24 n.
Golgotha, 339, 340 n. , 341 n.
Goodmanham, _see_ Godmunddingaham.
Gordianus, father of Gregory, 75.
Gore’s “Bampton Lectures,” editorial references to, 19 n. , 255 n.
Goths, The, 22, 382.
Grampians, the, 141.
Grantacaestir, or Grantchester, 261, 262.
Gratian, Emperor, 20;
slain by Maximus, 382.
Gratian, or Gratianus, tyrant in Britain, 22.
Greece, churches of, 196.
Greek, or Eastern Church, practices of the, 214, 215.
Green, J. R. , his “Making of England,” editorial references to, 32 n. , 84
n. , 188 n.
Gregorian Music, 77 n. , 133, 358.
“Gregorian Sacramentary,” _see_ “Liber Sacramentorum. ”
Gregory the Great, St. , Pope, xxiv, xxv, xxxviii, 2, 3, 45, 93, 122 n. ,
126, 213 n. , 218;
account of, 42 n. , 75-83;
his genealogy, 75, 76;
his character, 75;
his pontificate, 75, 81;
sent to Constantinople, 77, 83 n. ;
confutes the heresy of Eutychius, 78;
his learning and literary works, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81;
his connection with Church music, 133 n. ;
his meeting with the Anglian slaves, 82;
sends Augustine on a mission to Britain to convert the English, 42, 43,
45, 49, 75, 80, 83, 131, 383;
letter recommending Augustine and Candidus to Aetherius, 44;
letters to Augustine and the English mission, 43, 64, 65, 68, 69, 290;
letter to Vergilius, 63, 64;
letter to Mellitus, 66, 67, 68;
sends the pall to Augustine, 64, 65, 383;
letter to Ethelbert, 69-72;
his gifts to Ethelbert, 69, 71;
his answers to Augustine’s questions on discipline, xxiv, 49-63, 79, 84
n. , 85 n. ;
private letters, 79;
sends Paulinus to Britain, 64, 383;
his weak health, 79;
death, 75, 81, 384;
burial, 81;
epitaph, 81, 82;
altar dedicated to him at SS. Peter and Paul’s, Canterbury, 90;
quoted, 333, 334;
his disciples, 348, 358;
lives of, 75 n. , 83 n. ;
and _see_ Dudden, Whitby.
Gregory, St. , Martyr, 210.
Gregory II, Pope, 2, 314.
Gregory III, Pope, 2 n.
Guest, editorial reference to, 32 n.
Guthfrid, Abbot of Lindisfarne, 301, 302.
Guthlac, St. , his Hermitage, 380 n.
Gwynedd, King of, _see_ Caedwalla, Cadvan.
East Anglia, King of, _see_ Aldwulf, Anna, Earpwald, Ecgric, Ethelhere,
Ethelwald, Redwald, Sigbert, Tytilus, Uuffa.
East Anglia, Bishop of, _see_ Bisi, Boniface, Thomas.
Easter Controversy, The, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxviii, xxx, xxxi, xxxviii,
xxxix, 84, 85, 87, 91, 128, 129, 138, 139, 143, 170, 171,
192-201, 210, 216, 228, 336, 337, 344, 350, 359-370, 374-376,
381, 386.
Easter kept twice in one year, 193.
Eastern Church, _see_ Greek.
East Lothian, 325 n.
East Saxons, 30, 45, 191 n. ;
diocese of, _see_ London;
province of, _see_ Essex.
Eata, Abbot of Melrose, afterwards Bishop of Hexham, 194 n. , 243, 244 n. ,
288, 290, 318, 385;
ordained at York in Wilfrid’s place, 244;
Bishop of Lindisfarne, 202, 244 n. , 288;
death, 302.
Eata Glinmaur, father of Eadbert of Northumbria, 391 n.
Ebbsfleet, 45 n.
Ebchester, Monastery of, 260 n.
Ebroin, Mayor of the Palace to Clothaire III, 192 n. , 349;
plots against Wilfrid, 192 n. , 351 n. ;
detains Hadrian and Theodore, 215, 216;
murdered, 215 n.
“Ecclesiastes,” quoted, 220.
Ecclesiastical Arithmetic, 217.
“Ecclesiastical History,” Bede’s, MSS. of, xix, 277 n. ;
sources of, xxi, xxii, 5 n. ;
editions of, xix, xx;
translations of, xx, xxi, 249 n. , 321 n. ;
date of, 379 n. ;
Bede’s own account of, 386;
and _passim_.
Ecgric, King of East Anglia, after Sigbert, 172.
Eclanum, Bishop of, _see_ Julianus.
Eclipses of the Moon, 390, 392;
of the Sun, 203, 213, 383, 384, 390, 392.
Eddi, or Eddius, surnamed Stephen, editorial references to, his “Life of
Wilfrid,” 189 n. , 217 n. , 218 n. , 244 n. , 252 n. , 267 n. , 346
n. , 347 n. , 348 n. , 349 n. , 350 n. , 351 n. , 353 n. ;
teaches the Northumbrians to sing in church, 217.
Edessa, Bishop of, _see_ Ibas.
Edgar, Bishop of Lindsey, 243.
Edilhart, King of Wessex, 391.
Edinburgh (perhaps Urbs Iudeu), 23 n. , 189 n.
Edric, King of Kent, 287.
Edwin, King of Deira, afterwards of Northumbria, 5th Bretwalda, 109, 127,
147, 164, 243 n. , 348 n. ;
his early history, xxv, 112, 115, 130 n. ;
marries Ethelberg of Kent, xxiv, 102, 103;
conquers the Mevanian Islands, 94, 102;
his dominion, 102;
his vision, 112, 113, 114, 115;
his conversion and baptism, xxv, 102, 105, 110, 111, 115, 116, 118, 131,
270, 271, 384;
allows his daughter to be baptized, 104, 384;
his children, 104, 119, 132;
receives letters from Pope Honorius, 124, 125;
converts Earpwald, xxv, 120, 121;
Eumer’s attack on his life, 103, 104;
his war against the West Saxons, 104, 105;
builds St. Peter’s, York, 118, 119, 131;
bestows the see of York upon Paulinus, 118;
marries Quenburga, 119;
his glorious reign, 123, 124, 130;
Caedwalla rebels against him, 130;
defeated and killed at the battle of Hatfield, xxv, 119, 130, 131, 134,
135 n. , 154, 167, 384;
buried at Whitby, 131 n. , 190;
his head laid in St. Gregory’s Chapel in St. Peter’s, York, 131, 190 n. ;
his Cross and Chalice preserved at Canterbury, 132.
Edwin’s Cliff, 393 n.
Edwinspath, _see_ Ouestraefelda.
Egbert, Bishop of York after Wilfrid II, afterwards Archbishop, pupil of
Bede, xxxvi, 273 n. , 342 n. , 390, 391;
founder of the School of York, xxxvi;
Bede’s “Epistola ad Ecgbertum” addressed to, xxxvi, 390 n. ;
Bede visits, xxxvi, xxxix;
death, 393.
Egbert, English monk in Ireland, probably bishop, xxx, xxxi, 143, 203,
205, 316;
account of, 143 n. ;
seized with the plague, 204;
his vow and recovery, 205;
his attempted mission to Frisland, 161 n. , 316;
dissuaded by a revelation, 317, 318;
sends Wilbrord instead, 320;
saved from shipwreck, 319;
his good example, 205, 206;
his account of Ceadda’s death, 223, 224;
advises Egfrid against the war with the Scots, 286;
his mission to the Columban monasteries, 318, 319, 375, 376, 386;
death, on Easter Day, 205, 376, 377, 378, 386.
Egbert, King of Kent, after Earconbert, xxvii, 213, 287, 377;
consults with Oswy on Church matters, 208;
sends Wighard to Rome, 208, 213;
sends Raedfrid to meet Theodore, 215;
death, 226, 230, 384.
Egfrid, King of Northumbria, son of Oswy, xxviii, xxix, 137 n. , 207, 227,
254, 260, 266 n. , 302, 352 n. , 353;
hostage with Queen Cynwise, 188, 189, 227 n. ;
defeats Wulfhere and annexes Lindsey, 191 n. , 243, 244;
his conquests, 226 n. ;
defeated by Ethelred at the battle of the Trent, 267;
reconciled to Ethelred by Theodore, 267;
gives Benedict Biscop land for the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow,
xxxiv, 258;
his dispute with Wilfrid, 242, 245, 385;
marries Ethelthryth, 259;
his relations with her, 259, 260;
appoints Cuthbert Bishop of Lindisfarne, 288, 293;
at the Synod of Twyford, 292;
at the Synod of Hertford, 384;
his death foretold by Cuthbert, 189 n. , 285 n. ;
sends an army to ravage Ireland, 285;
his expedition against the Picts and Scots, 244 n. , 285, 286;
defeated and killed at the battle of Nechtansmere, 247, 285, 286, 288,
342 n. , 381 n. , 385;
buried at Iona, 285 n.
Egwin, St. , Bishop of Worcester, 380 n.
Egypt, 67, 361, 362, 363, 368;
churches of, 196.
Egyptians, their skill in calculation, 366.
Elafius, British Chief, his son cured of his lameness by Germanus, 39, 40.
Elbe, The river, 317 n.
Eleutherus, or Eleuther, Pope, 12, 382.
Elfled, daughter of Oswy, dedicated to religion by her father, xxxiii,
188, 189;
account of, 189 n. ;
trained at Whitby, 190;
enters the Monastery of Hartlepool, 190;
joint Abbess of Whitby with her mother, Eanfled, 189 n. , 190, 285 n. ,
286, 306 n. ;
her friendship with Trumwine, 286, 287;
death, 190;
buried at Whitby, 190.
Elford-on-Trent, 267 n.
Elfred the priest, carries Bede’s bones to Durham, xl.
Elge, _see_ Ely.
Elizabeth, Queen, “The Ecclesiastical History,” translated for her
benefit, xxi.
Ellmyn, Celtic name for the English, 317 n.
Elmet Wood, 120.
Elmham, Bishop of, _see_ Badwin, Hadulac.
Ely, Isle of, 260 n. , 261, 263;
Monastery of, 260, 261, 262;
St. Audrey’s Fair at, 263 n.
Ely, Abbess of, _see_ Ermingild, Ethelthryth, Sexburg.
Emme, Emmo, or Haymo, Bishop of Sens, 215.
Ems, The, 317 n.
End of the World, 71.
English, The, come to Britain, 383;
idolatry among, 67, 70;
called Garmans, 317;
Saxons, 317 n. ;
Ellmyn, 317 n. ;
Church, xxiii, xxvii, xxix, 53, 65;
language, 6, 45 n. ;
religious poetry, 277.
“English Historical Review, The,” editorial reference to, 32 n.
Eni, father of Anna, 172.
Ennereilly, _see_ Inver Daeile.
Eolla, Bishop of Selsey, 345.
Eormenburg, second wife of Egfrid, 242 n. , 352 n. ;
warned by Cuthbert of Egfrid’s death, 285 n.
“Ephesians, Epistle to the,” quoted, 110.
Ephesus, Council of, 255 n.
Epigrams, 389.
“Epistola ad Ecgbertum,” _see_ Bede.
Epternach, Wilbrord’s monastery at, 324 n.
Equinox, the Vernal, 84 n. , 366, 388.
Ercinwald, Mayor of the Palace to Clovis II, 178, 215 n. , 349 n.
Ermingild, daughter of Sexburg, and wife of Wulfhere, 149 n. , 261 n. ;
Abbess of Ely and Sheppey, 261 n.
Ermynge, or Ixning, 266 n.
Erneshow, or Herneshaw, now St. John’s Lee, Hexham, 303 n.
Ernianus, Irish priest, 129.
Esi, Abbot, 3.
Esquiline, The, Rome, 257 n.
Essex, History of, xxiv, xxvii, xxx, 3, 10 n. , 89, 150 n. , 182, 183, 212,
245 n. , 380, 383;
diocese of, _see_ London.
Essex, King of, _see_ Offa, Sabert, Sebbi, Sigbert, Sighard, Sighere,
Suefred, Suidhelm.
Estrefeld, Council of, _see_ Ouestraefelda.
Etaples, 215.
Eternal punishment, 51, 53.
Ethelbald, King of Mercia, son of Alweo, 346 n. , 380, 386;
account of, 380 n. ;
ravages Northumbria, 391;
murdered, 392.
Ethelberg, daughter of Anna, Abbess of Brige, 149 n. , 151, 152, 153, 232
n.
Ethelberg, or Tata, daughter of Ethelbert of Kent, wife of Edwin of
Northumbria, xxiv, 102, 103, 104, 119, 348 n. ;
receives a letter and gifts from Pope Boniface, 109, 111;
her piety, 110;
after Edwin’s death, returns with her children and Paulinus into Kent,
xxv, 131, 132;
sends Wusfrea and Yffi to King Dagobert, 132.
Ethelbert, King of Kent, third Bretwalda, xxiv, 45, 83, 89, 94, 102;
his wife Bertha, 46;
converted by St. Augustine, 45, 46, 47, 90, 94;
receives a letter and gift from Gregory, 69;
builds St. Paul’s, London, and St. Andrew’s, Rochester, 89, 163;
endows the bishoprics of London, Rochester and Canterbury, 89;
receives a letter from Boniface, 93;
account of his reign, 93, 94;
his “dooms,” 94;
death, xxiv, 93, 94, 95, 384;
burial, 94;
genealogy, 95;
his second wife marries his son Eadbald, 95, 97.
Ethelbert, King of Kent, son of Wictred, 377.
Ethelburg, St. , sister of Earconwald, Abbess of Barking, xxviii, 232, 233;
her miracles, 232, 233, 236, 237;
death, 235, 236, 237;
burial, 236;
her spirit appears to Tortgyth, 237;
“Life of,” xxii, 237 n.
Ethelfrid, King of Northumbria, xxiv, 112, 134;
defeats the Britons at Legacaestir, xxiv, 87, 88;
defeats the Scots at Degsastan, xxiv, 73, 74;
his genealogy and reign, 73, 74;
his persecution of Edwin, 112, 113;
killed in battle by Redwald, 115;
his wives, 147 n. ;
his sons, 163.
Ethelhere, King of East Anglia, 121 n. , 185 n. , 260 n. , 271 n. ;
occasions the war between Penda and Oswy, 189;
slain at the Winwaed, 189.
Ethelhild, Abbess, 158.
Ethelhun, son of Edwin, 119.
Ethelhun, brother of Ethelwin, 204, 205.
Ethelred, King of Mercia, son of Penda, xxix, 254, 268, 332, 346, 352 n. ,
353, 385;
account of, 241 n. ;
defeats Egfrid at the battle of the Trent, 267;
reconciled to Egfrid by Theodore, 267;
recovers Lindsey, 207 n. 244, 267;
ravages Kent, 241, 242, 385;
his veneration for Bardney Monastery, 157;
appoints Oftfor Bishop of Worcester, 274;
reconciled to Wilfrid, 355, 356;
resigns his throne to Coinred, and becomes a monk, 355, 356;
Abbot of Bardney, 355, 356;
reconciles Coinred to Wilfrid, 356.
Ethelric, King of Northumbria, son of Ida, 73 n. , 270 n.
Ethelthryth, St. (of Audrey), daughter of Anna, wife of Tondbert and of
Egfrid, xxix, 149 n. , 220, 263, 269;
her history, 266;
her virginity, 259, 260, 264, 267;
her virtues, 260, 261;
her gift of prophecy, 261;
gives land for a church at Hexham, 137 n. ;
obtains a divorce and retires into the Monastery of Coldingham, 260;
founds the Monastery of Ely, 260, 263;
dies of a tumour, 261, 262, 263;
her flesh preserved from corruption, 260, 262, 266;
her posthumous miracles, 262, 263;
her bones translated by Sexburg, 261, 262, 263;
Bede’s hymn in her honour, 264-267.
Ethelthryth, daughter of Edwin, baptized, 119.
Ethelwalch, King of the South Saxons, 245, 247, 251.
Ethelwald, or Oidilwald, sub-king of Deira, son of Oswald, xxvii, 185;
rebels against his uncle Oswy and supports Penda, 163, 189;
gives Cedd land for a monastery at Lastingham, 185, 186.
Ethelwald, King of East Anglia, 185.
Ethelwald, King of Northumbria after Oswulf, 393.
Ethelwald, Abbot of Melrose and Bishop of Lindisfarne, 331, 379 n. , 381;
his death, 391;
his gifts to Lindisfarne, 331 n.
Ethelwald, Hermit, 301, 302.
Ethelward, of the Hwiccas, 243 n.
Ethelwin, Bishop of Lindsey, 158, 204, 243.
Ethelwulf, 143 n.
Ethilwin, Oswy’s reeve, 164.
Eucharist, The, _see_ Communion.
Eucherius, 340 n.
Eudoxius, heretic Bishop of Constantinople, 255 n. , 256.
Eugenius I, Pope, 349 n.
Eulalia, St. , 265.
Eumer, attempts to murder Edwin, 103, 104.
Euphemia, St. , 265.
Europe, 5.
Eusebius Pamphili, Bishop of Caesarea, 369.
Eusebius, name in religion given to Huaetbert, 389 n.
Eutropius, quoted, xxii, 19.
Eutyches, founder of Eutychianism, 78 n. , 254 n. , 256.
Eutychius, heretic patriarch of Constantinople, 78.
Eve, 266.
Excommunication, 184.
“Excursus on Paschal Controversy,” _see_ Plummer.
“Exodus,” quoted, 361, 362.
Exorcism of Evil Spirits, 311 n.
“Ezekiel, Commentary on,” by Gregory, 79.
“Ezra,” 387, 388.
Fainéant, Roi, _see_ Clothaire III.
Famines, 26, 27, 28.
Fara, or Burgundofara, foundress of the Monastery of Brige, 151, 215 n.
Faremoûtier-en-Brie, or Farae Monasterium in Brige, _see_ Brige.
Farne, Isle of, or House Island, xxix, 168, 288, 295, 301, 302.
Faro, or Burgundofarus, Bishop of Meaux, 215.
Fasting, 145, 151, 206, 282, 307 n.
Feliskirk, Yorkshire, 121 n.
Felix, St. , 388.
Felix III, Pope, 75.
Felix IV, Pope, 75.
Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, xxv, 121, 122, 193;
his school, 172;
death, 122, 178.
Felixstowe, 121 n.
Fen Country, The, 179 n.
Fergus, father of Oengus, 392 n.
Field-of-Oaks, _see_ Dearmach.
Fina, mother of Aldfrid, 287.
Finan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, after Aidan, 169, 201, 204;
baptizes Peada, 180;
ordains Diuma, 181;
baptizes Sigbert, 182;
ordains Cedd, 183;
builds a church at Lindisfarne, 192;
his controversy with Ronan on the Easter question, 193;
death, 193.
Finchale, 204 n.
Fire, future punishment by, 175.
Fire of London, 240 n.
Fish of Britain, 5.
Fiskerton, 123 n.
Flintshire, 86 n.
Florence of Worcester, editorial references to, 191 n. , 218 n. , 231 n. ,
241 n. , 244 n. , 272 n. , 273, 274, 301 n. , 377 n. , 380 n.
Foillan, _see_ Fullan.
Folcard, his Life of St. John of Beverley, editorial references to, 303
n. , 305 n.
Fontaines, Monastery of, 92 n.
Forfar, 285 n. , 360 n.
Forth, the, or Sea of Giudan, 23 n. , 24 n. , 142 n. , 285 n. , 286 n.
Forthere, Bishop of Sherborne after Aldhelm, 344, 345, 379 n. , 380.
Forthhere, Edwin’s thegn, 104.
Fortunatus, Venantius, Bishop of Poitiers, 14, 265 n. ;
his “Praise of Virgins” quoted, 15.
Fosite, the god, son of Balder, 323 n.
Fosse, monastery of, 177 n.
Fosse, Abbot of, _see_ Ultan.
France, 5.
Franks, the, 13, 22, 92 n. ;
their language, 45 n. ;
Church of, 51, 54, 55;
and _see_ Gaul.
Franks, King of the, _see_ Carloman, Charles Martel, Charibert,
Childebert, Chilperic, Clothaire III, Clovis, Dagobert,
Pippin, Theodebert, Theoderic.
Franks, Duke of the, _see_ Pippin of Heristal.
Freeman’s “Norman Conquest,” editorial references to, 32, 246 n.
Frigyth, Prioress of Hackness, 276.
Frisia, or Frisland, 317, 353 n. ;
Wictbert’s mission to, 319;
conquered by Pippin, 320;
Wilbrord’s mission to, 320;
Wilfrid’s mission in, 351.
Frisland, Archbishop of, _see_ Wilbrord.
Frisland, King of, _see_ Aldgils.
Frisland, Bishop of, _see_ Suidbert.
Frithbert, Bishop of Hexham, 391, 393.
Frithonas, _see_ Deusdedit.
Frithwald, Bishop of Whitern, 391.
Fullan, or Foillan, brother of Fursa, 177.
Fuller, his story about Bede’s epitaph, xxxiv.
Fünen, 317 n.
Fursa, St. , xxvi, 173-178.
“Fursa, Life of St. ,” xxii, 173 n. , 174, 178.
Gaels, _see_ Goidels.
“Galatians, Epistle to the,” quoted, 371.
“Gallican Martyrology,” editorial reference to, 322 n.
Galloway, 141 n.
Garmans, English so-called by the Britons, 317.
Gateshead-on-Tyne, or At-the-Goat’s Head, 180.
Gateshead, Abbot of, _see_ Utta.
Gaul, history of, xxxi, 5, 7, 10, 14 n. , 19, 20, 22, 33, 44 n. , 55, 92 n. ,
96, 98, 150, 178, 214, 378, 382;
Church of, 51, 54, 55, 196;
schools of, 121 n. , 172.
Gaul, Archbishop of, _see_ Annemundus, Godwin.
Gaul, Bishop of, _see_ Arculf.
Gauls, 9.
Gebmund, Bishop of Rochester, 241, 242, 316.
Genesis, quoted, 73, 110, 366, 370.
Genlade, the river, 315.
Genoa, Bishop of, _see_ Asterius.
Geraint, or Gerontius, Count, 22.
Geraint, or Gerontius, King of Dumnonia, 336 n. , 344 n.
Germans, 9, 22 n.
Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, sent to Britain to confute the Pelagians,
xxii, xxiii, 14 n. , 32, 33, 34;
church dedicated to, 33 n. ;
stills a tempest, 33, 34;
casts out evil spirits, 34;
converts the heretics, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41;
heals a blind girl, 35;
at St. Alban’s tomb, 35, 36;
quenches a fire, 36, 37;
healed of lameness by a vision, 36, 37;
assists the Britons in battle, 37, 38;
goes to Ravenna, 41;
Duke of Armorica, 41 n. ;
returns to Britain, 39, 40;
his death, 41.
“Germanus, Life of,” _see_ Constantius.
Germany, xxiii, xxx, 5, 161, 392 n. ;
English missions to, 316, 317, 319, 320.
Gerontius, _see_ Geraint.
Gertrude, St. , 177 n.
Gessoriacum, _see_ Boulogne.
Geta, son of Severus, 13.
Gewissae, _see_ West Saxons.
Gidley, Rev. L. , his translation of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xxi.
Gildas, historian, editorial references to, xxii, 5 n. , 19 n. , 25 n. , 42
n. ;
his “De Excidio Liber Querulus,” quoted, 42.
Giles, Dr. , his translation of the “Ecclesiastical History,” v, xx, xxi.
Gilling, 165 n.
Gilling, Abbot of, _see_ Trumhere, Tunbert.
Giudan, Sea of, _i. e. _, Firth of Forth, 23 n.
Giudi (probably Inchkeith), 23.
Glen, the river, 120.
Glendale, 119 n.
Gloucestershire, 84 n.
Goat’s Head, At the, _see_ Gateshead.
Gobban, one of Fursa’s priests, 177.
Godmunddingaham, or Goodmanham, 118.
Godwin, Archbishop of Lyons, 316.
Godwine, 246 n.
Goidels, or Gaels, 7 n. , 24 n.
Golgotha, 339, 340 n. , 341 n.
Goodmanham, _see_ Godmunddingaham.
Gordianus, father of Gregory, 75.
Gore’s “Bampton Lectures,” editorial references to, 19 n. , 255 n.
Goths, The, 22, 382.
Grampians, the, 141.
Grantacaestir, or Grantchester, 261, 262.
Gratian, Emperor, 20;
slain by Maximus, 382.
Gratian, or Gratianus, tyrant in Britain, 22.
Greece, churches of, 196.
Greek, or Eastern Church, practices of the, 214, 215.
Green, J. R. , his “Making of England,” editorial references to, 32 n. , 84
n. , 188 n.
Gregorian Music, 77 n. , 133, 358.
“Gregorian Sacramentary,” _see_ “Liber Sacramentorum. ”
Gregory the Great, St. , Pope, xxiv, xxv, xxxviii, 2, 3, 45, 93, 122 n. ,
126, 213 n. , 218;
account of, 42 n. , 75-83;
his genealogy, 75, 76;
his character, 75;
his pontificate, 75, 81;
sent to Constantinople, 77, 83 n. ;
confutes the heresy of Eutychius, 78;
his learning and literary works, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81;
his connection with Church music, 133 n. ;
his meeting with the Anglian slaves, 82;
sends Augustine on a mission to Britain to convert the English, 42, 43,
45, 49, 75, 80, 83, 131, 383;
letter recommending Augustine and Candidus to Aetherius, 44;
letters to Augustine and the English mission, 43, 64, 65, 68, 69, 290;
letter to Vergilius, 63, 64;
letter to Mellitus, 66, 67, 68;
sends the pall to Augustine, 64, 65, 383;
letter to Ethelbert, 69-72;
his gifts to Ethelbert, 69, 71;
his answers to Augustine’s questions on discipline, xxiv, 49-63, 79, 84
n. , 85 n. ;
private letters, 79;
sends Paulinus to Britain, 64, 383;
his weak health, 79;
death, 75, 81, 384;
burial, 81;
epitaph, 81, 82;
altar dedicated to him at SS. Peter and Paul’s, Canterbury, 90;
quoted, 333, 334;
his disciples, 348, 358;
lives of, 75 n. , 83 n. ;
and _see_ Dudden, Whitby.
Gregory, St. , Martyr, 210.
Gregory II, Pope, 2, 314.
Gregory III, Pope, 2 n.
Guest, editorial reference to, 32 n.
Guthfrid, Abbot of Lindisfarne, 301, 302.
Guthlac, St. , his Hermitage, 380 n.
Gwynedd, King of, _see_ Caedwalla, Cadvan.
