Page:A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England During the Middle Ages.djvu/519

 INDEX. ual in use among Anglo-Nurmans, 106, 194—225, Adulteration of food, 394. Ale, 32. Alehouse, road-side, 320, 321. Ale-stake, 3lil. Alm>givinj;, 61, 158. Amphitheatres, Roman, conti the Anglo-Saxons, 64; and 111. Amusements after dinner, 33. 226—236. Amusements out of doors, 111—113, 432. Animals, domestic, 2:;9-244, 3>4— 386, 490. Apple, ihe chief fruit of the Aiiylo-Saxnns, 295. Archery, a lavourite amusement of the ladies, 310; practi-cd geiierallv, 433. Arms suspended in the hall among the Anglo- Saxons, 20; at a later period, 452. Axes, Anglo-Saxon, 9, 10. B. Backgammon, the game of, 219, 220, 484. Bagpipe, 184, 185, 188. Bail, game of, 235. Banquet, the 3»7— 395 ; in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, 466, 467. Barons, feudal, their power and cruelty, 102. Baths, and bathing, 59, 259, 49:, 492. Bear, dancing, 64, 65, 304 ; baiting, 305. Btds, among the .Anglo-Saxons, 44— 47; among the Anglo-Normans, 110, ill; the bed and its furniture among the English, 256—259, 403—408, 47 -4-1. B d-tead=, 262, 404. Bees, 91. Beggars, in the middle ages, 327, 328. Bells, attached to the caparisons of horses, 314. Bellows, 144. Benches, 139. Bever, tiie name of a meal, 395, 456. Beverley, the minstrels of, 1M2. Birds, kept in cages, 239—242, 3«4, 385, 491. Blindman's-buflf, game of, 229, 230. Boar's head, the, 146. Bourgeoisie,the,theirmodeof living, no— 173. Bower, chamber, or sleeping-room, Anglo- Saxon, 11. Bowls, vessels found in Anglo-Saxon graves, 8. B ix-iion, ornamenial, 447. Bread, and baking, 92, 161. Breakfasts of the Percy family, 421. Brewhimses, places for selling beer, 335. Buckets, Anglo-Saxon, supposed to be for carrying liquor, 9, 25. Butfet, or cui.board, 362, 379. See Cupboard. Bull-bailing, 304. Cabinets, 246. Cabriolet, 497, 498. Caldron, forms of the, 144 — 147. Caudles, 43, 107, 249—252, 375, 376. Candle-beam, 376. Candlesticks, 376, 37s, 475; attached to the walls of halls, 37a, 455. Caquets de I'accouch^e, 4 SI. Cards, history of the game of, 221—225, 3S6, 484-- 488. Caroches, 495. Carole, the name of a dance, 228. Carpets, 245, 371, 402. Carriages, am.ng the Anglo-Saxons, 73; among the English, 116, 434, 4:i5, 495. Cart, riding in, disgraceful, 344. Cais, 243, 244. Cellar, the, 133. Chairs, 41, 42, 94, 155, 244, 374, 375, 378, 401, 473, 483. Chairs, for conveyance, 497. Chambers, Anglo-Saxon, 11, 40—47 ; early English, 132, 244—246, 260—262; in the fif- teenth century, 381, 393-402. Chamber-maidens, 270. Chandeliers, 376, 475. Chaplets of flowers, popular in the middle ages, 2fe8. Cherries, cultivated by the Anglo-Saxons, 295 ; and generally in England during the middle ages, 299, 300, 302. Cherry-fairs, 299. Chess, game of, 41, 106 ; history of the game, 195—214, 286, 2»7. Chessmen, ancient, 202— 20i. Chests, 110, 138, 262-268, 477. Chestnut, meaning of the word, 296. Children, treatment of, 47— 51, 494. Chimneys, 99, 245. Churning, 92. Cittern, the mufical instrument, 186, 1S7. Clergy, Anglo-Saxon, addicted to hunting, 68; corruptors of domestic morals in the middle ages, 282. Cnithad (boyhood), period of among the Anglo- Saxons, 52. Coaches, 495. Coal, mineral, used among theAnglo Saxons, 21. Coflers, 110, 263—268. Cold-harbour, origin of the term, 76. Cooks, 87, 88. Cookery, among the Anglo Saxons, 2i, 2.; English, 91, 148-150,317—356,395; iu the Clti-entli century, 3»1. Couch, the, 474. Counter, or table for writing, 450.