Chapter XXIV: Conclusion 304

INDEX 317

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

PAGE

MEDIEVAL COCK-FIGHTING, ACTUAL AND METAPHORICAL 18
_From Strutt's "Sports and Pastimes"_

PLANS OF MEDIEVAL DWELLINGS 97

MEDIEVAL MUMMERS 110
_From Strutt's "Sports and Pastimes"_

PILGRIMS IN BED AT INN 139
_From T. Wright's "Homes of other Days"_

THE SQUIRE OF THE "CANTERBURY TALES" 146
_From the Ellesmere MS. (15th century)_

THE MILLER 150
_From the Ellesmere MS._

THE WIFE OF BATH 162
_From the Ellesmere MS._

THE FRIAR 165
_From the Ellesmere MS._

PEACOCK FEAST OF LYNN 177
_From Stothard's Facsimile of the Original Brass_

A KNIGHT AND HIS LADY 203
_From Boutell's "Monumental Brasses"_

A BEVY OF LADIES 220
_From T. Wright's "Womankind in Western Europe"_

LIST OF PLATES

THE HOCCLEVE PORTRAIT OF CHAUCER _Frontispiece_
_From the Painting in "The Regement of Princes"_

FACING PAGE

LONDON BRIDGE, ETC., IN THE 16TH CENTURY 15
_From Vertue's Engraving of Aggas's Map_

WESTMINSTER HALL 32
_From a Photograph by J. Valentine & Sons_

A TRAVELLING CARRIAGE 35
_From the Louterell Psalter_

WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND PALACE IN THE 16TH CENTURY 72
_From Vertue's Engraving of Aggas's Map_

WESTMINSTER ABBEY 73
_From a Photograph by S. B. Bolas & Co._

THE TOWER, WITH LONDON BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND 82
_From MS. Roy. 16 F. ii. f. 73_

A TOOTH-DRAWER OF THE 14TH CENTURY 92
_From MS. Roy. VI. E. 6, f. 503 b_

ALDGATE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, AS RECONSTITUTED IN W.
NEWTON'S "LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME" 101

A PARTY OF PILGRIMS 148
_From MS. Roy. 18 D. ii. f. 148_

CANTERBURY 170
_From W. Smith's Drawing of 1588. (Sloane MS. 2596)_

EDWARD III. 173
_From his Tomb in Westminster Abbey_

PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT 181
_From her Tomb in Westminster Abbey_

SIR GEOFFREY LOUTERELL, WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER 194
_From the Louterell Psalter (Early 14th Century)_

SEAL OF UPPINGHAM SCHOOL 216

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN A 14TH CENTURY CLASSROOM 216
_From MS. Roy. VI. E. 6, f. 214_

WILLIAM OF HATFIELD, SON OF EDWARD III. AND PHILIPPA 224
_From his Tomb in York Minster (1336)_

BODIAM CASTLE, KENT 245

THE PLOUGHMAN 268
_From the Louterell Psalter (Early 14th Century)_

THE CLERGY-HOUSE AT ALFRISTON, SUSSEX, BEFORE ITS RECENT
RESTORATION 298

WESTMINSTER ABBEY--VIEW FROM NEAR CHAUCER'S TOMB 313
_From a Photograph by S. B. Bolas & Co._

CHAUCER AND HIS ENGLAND