Life in a Medieval City (34 page)

Gembloux, Sigebert de, 190, 191

Genoa, 5, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 214, 215, 222, 225, 227

geography, 162

geometry, 157, 162

Gerald of Wales, 156

Gerbert (Pope Sylvester II), 234

Gervaise of Canterbury, 192–193

Ghent, 7, 12, 21, 24, 25, 216, 223

ghetto, 32, 33, 94

Gibraltar, 225

Gilbert de Barneville, 107

glass, 233

stained, 149–153, 239–240

godparents, 58, 61–63

goldsmiths, 12, 80–82, 90, 92

Goliards, 166

Goodman of Paris, 46

Gothic architecture, 135, 137, 140, 145–148, 150, 153, 239

government, 199–210

grammar, 154, 159–161, 163

Grands Jours de Troyes
, 207

Gratian, 175, 206

Gregorian chant, 120–122

grosso
(groat), 100, 237

guarantees to merchants, 25, 213–214

Guibert of Nogent, 128, 160, 232

guilds, 77, 86, 89–93, 101, 149, 235, 242–243

Guillaume de Lorris, 177

Hamburg, 9, 12, 24

hanging, 191, 203

Hanse, German (Hanseatic League), 23, 227

Hanse of the Seventeen Towns, 216

The Hard Creditor
, 52

Hasting, 6

Héloise, 55

hemp (
see
flax)

Henri of Provins, 71, 73

Henry, Prince of England, 74

Henry I, the Generous (
le Libéral
), count of Champagne, 18, 30, 32, 80, 96–97, 117, 166, 230, 231

Henry II, count of Champagne, 105–106, 231

Henry III, king of England, 22, 59, 96

Henry v, king of England, 226

herbs, 44, 51, 112–113

Hereford map, 240

heresy, 132–134

Héribert, count of Vermandois, 232

Herjulfson, Bjarni, 227

Hervée, bishop of Troyes, 46, 132, 135, 136

Hilarius, 186

Hindu-Arabic numerals, 163

holidays, 90, 183–186

horse-collar, 11, 88

horse market, 87–89

horses, 11, 87–89

hospitals, 28, 32, 117–118

Hôtel-Dieu-le-Comte
, Troyes, 117–118, 229

houses, 30, 34–37, 42–45, 98–99

Hugo (Hugues), count of Troyes, 166, 230

Hugo of La Marche, 167, 193, 202

Hundred Years’ War, 226

Hungarians, 7

Huns, 3, 7, 10,

Industrial Revolution, 21, 228

Innocent II, pope, 18

Innocent III, pope, 18, 96, 126, 165

Innocent IV, pope, 22, 96

Inquisition, 133–134

insurance, cargo, 225

interest, 105, 106

iron and steel, 79–80

Isère, 25

ivory, 219

Jacob of Troyes, “Master of the Jews,” 94

Jacques de Vitry, 69, 232, 238

Jeanne de Navarre (Jeanne of Champagne), 224, 231, 235

Jerusalem, 104, 116, 128, 162

Jeu de Robin et de Marion
, 65–66, 242

Jews, 32, 33, 93–97, 104, 105, 106, 113, 114, 220, 236

Joan of Arc, 226

John VIII, pope, 135

John of Garlande, 234

John of Gloucester, 137–138

John of Salisbury, 154, 174

Joinville, Jean de, 65, 209–210

Jongleurs
, 70, 72, 73, 168, 235

Joufroi
, 178

journeymen, 90, 93, 101

judicial duel (
see
trial by combat)

justice, 19, 202–207, 208

Justinian, 175, 205

Keppers of the Fair, 108, 165, 212, 216, 223

Kitchens, 43–44

The Kite
, 178

Lagny, 24, 211, 218

Lamentations of Mathew
, 177

land clearing, 10, 25

Languedoc, 25

Lanstiers of Arras, 200

Laon, 201, 206–207

cathedral of, 148

Latin, 99, 114, 154, 156, 159, 163–164, 172, 175, 215

Latin Quarter, 164

laundry and cleaning, 51

law, 205–207

lawyers, 206

leather (
see
tanners)

Legendre, Pierre, 108

Legnano, Battle of, 16

Leonard Fibonacci, 163

leper colonies, 116

Leproserie des Deux Eaux
, near Troyes, 116

leprosy, 116–117

lettering, 175

“letter of carriage,” 214

letter of credit, 220

“letter of the Fair,” 223

letter-writing, 99, 156–157, 161

Liber Abaci
, 163

liberal arts, 157–164, 240

Libergier, Master Hugues, 137

libra
(
livre
, pound), 99, 236–237

libraries, 175, 241

Lille, 7, 21, 24

linen (
see
flax)

Little St. Bernard Pass, 23

livre
(
see libra
)

logic, 159–161

Lombard League, 16

Lombards, 10, 31, 215

“Lombards” (moneylenders), 215, 222

London, 6, 12, 15, 21, 227

Lorris, Custom of, 18

Louis I, the Pious, king of France, 141

Louis VII, king of France, 14, 17, 18, 92, 166, 230

Louis VIII, king of France, 167, 230

Louis IX, king of France (St.-Louis), 22, 51, 52, 60, 65, 74, 94, 114, 128, 131, 167, 191, 209–210, 225, 230, 237

Lupus (
see
St.-Loup)

Lyon, 24, 25, 227

Magna Carta, 202

manners (
see
etiquette)

Mansourah, 209

maps, medieval, 162, 240

Marcus Aurelius, Romanemperor, I

Marie, countess of Champagne, wife of Henry the Generous 54, 166–167, 231

Marie de France, 55, 178, 230

marriage, 55–73

Marseille, 4, 21, 23, 24, 105, 214, 227

Martianus Capella, 240

Mary-worship, 55, 129, 131

masons, 33, 137, 139, 141–142, 144–147

Maximianus, 160

Maximilian, Roman emperor, 11

mayor, 108, 199, 200, 202, 207, 224

meals, 38–43, 50, 72

Medici, 227

medicine (
see
doctors)

Mediterranean, 1, 4, 5, 13, 15, 218, 227

Meletaire, Sire Gerard, 108

mental illness, 115–116

Merton College, Oxford, 241

Michael Scot, 59

mice (
see
vermin)

midwives, 60–61

Milan, 11, 16, 21, 23, 24, 227

military service, 19, 199, 201

millers, 86–87

mills, 12, 86–87, 118

Milon, bishop of Troyes, 135

mining, II, 79

mining (military), 195, 197–198

miracle plays, 242

Mohammed, 5

money, 11, 18, 99, 104–107, 220, 236–237

of account, 99

moneychanging, 14, 36, 104, 118, 207, 220–223

moneylending, 94, 96, 104–107, 221–223

Mongols, 22

Mont-Aimé, 134

Montpellier, 21, 31, 113, 114, 206, 227

Montcuc, Bernard de, 207–208

morality plays, 242–243

Moslems, 5, 7, 9, 10, 16, 22, 103, 113, 161, 163, 215, 219

Munich, 4

Muset, Colin, 166

music, 70, 72, 120–121, 157, 158–159

musical instruments, 72, 121, 158–159

Le Mystère d’ Adam
, 183, 187–189

mystery plays, 242

Naples, 21

Netherlands, 192

new cities, 18

Nicholas de Brie, bishop of Troyes, 135

Nicolas of Clairvaux, 156–157, 240

Nicholas of Cremona, 108

notaries, 130, 222, 244

Notre-Dame-aux-Nonnains, Troyes, 32, 46, 53, 54, 190, 235

Notre-Dame-de-Paris, 148

Noyon, 209

cathedral of, 147–148

nurse, 61, 62

Odette de Pougy, 54

organ, 121

ost et chevauchée
(
see
military service)

Otto I, the Great, emperor of Germany, 9

pagamentum
, 223

palace of the counts of Champagne, Troyes, 15, 32, 190

Palermo, 21

Pantaléon, Jacques (
see
Urban IV)

Paris, 1, 2, 6, 12, 21, 23, 24, 51, 77, 114, 128, 164, 177, 201, 206, 211, 226–227, 233, 235, 237, 241

University of (
see
University of Paris)

Parlement of Paris, 207, 225

Parliament of London, 207

paving, 28, 31, 233

pawnbroking, 104–105, 222

peddlers, 49

Pegolotti, Francesco, 244

penny, 11, 48, 99, 220, 236–237

pepper (
see also
spices), 44, 218

Peruzzi company, 226

Peterhouse College, Cambridge, 241

Peter of Brittany, 167, 194, 202

Peter Riga, 160

Peter the Hermit, 208

Petrus Alfonsus, 233

Philip II, Augustus, king of France, 69, 230, 233

Philip IV, the Fair, king of France, 224, 225

Piacenza, 16, 214

Pierre de Montreuil, 137

Pilgrimages, 52, 116, 131, 139, 148

pillory, 32

Pirenne, Henri, 5

Pisa, 15, 16, 23, 24, 200, 220, 223, 227, 245

plague, 190, 191

Play of Daniel
, 186–187

Play of St. Nicholas
, 189

plow, wheeled, 10, 88, 228

poetry (
see
verse)

pointed arch (
see
Gothic architecture)

police, 117, 200–201, 212

Policraticus
, 174

polyphonic music, development of, 121

population, 11, 21, 232

Porte-St.-Jean, Provins, frontispiece, 233

Portus, 12

pound (
see libre
)

Pré aux Clercs, 51

preservation of food, 50

price-fixing, 90

prices, 48, 49, 234