Matthew Paris 171–2
Maximilian I, emperor 107–8
mayors:
of the Merovingian palace 20
of towns 57–8, 60, 64, 112, 116, 118,
124, 126–7, 149–51
Meissen 102
Melfi, constitutions of 96, 98
Melrose abbey 220
memory 252
Mende 76
merchants:
as class 67, 92, 142, 158, 230–1, 236
law of 276
liberties of 216, 218
special protection for 71, 87
merchet 217, 225
Mercia 29
kings of 212–3
Mercurius Trismegistus 193
Merovingians 18, 20, 37–8, 194
Merseburg, church of 91
Merton, council of 186
Mézières, Philippe de 274–7, 283, 287,
296
middle class 188–9
of administrators 273
Midi 62
Milan 203, 275, 294
knights of 84
military service 30, 39
Millau 219
Milton, John 335
ministeriales92, 97, 100–1, 202
mints 46–7, 83, 95
Mirror of Justices 176
missi dominici20, 25–6, 31–7, 43
mixed state 294, 314, 319
Moerbeke, William of 3
monarchy:
fifth monarchy, of Christ 259
free and absolute 328
as a regime 3, 252, 278–94, 319, 321–2,
332
see also state
monasteries 14
in dispute with castellans 67
privileged 36, 63
money-rents 207
monks and nuns, special protection for 74
Mont-Saint-Michel abbey 67
Montacute abbey 65
Montaigne, Michel de 3, 324–8
Montaucourt 63
Montdidier 123
Montereau 282
Montesquieu 6
Montfort:
Simon de, the elder 156
Simon de, the younger, earl of Leicester
160, 173, 174, 176, 296
Montlucon, Jean de 165
Montmorency 54
Anne de, constable of France 287
Hervé de 49
Montpellier 76
Montsoreau, William of 54
More, Thomas 303–6, 327
mort d’ancestor, assize of 130, 132,
210–11, 235
mortmain 155, 391
English statute and French ordinance of
187, 208, 238
Morton, John, chancellor of England,
archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal
303–6
mundeburdium14–15, 26, 31, 94
mundbryce 30
Munslow, bailiff of 154
murder, murderers 59, 75, 104, 116, 125–6,
143, 241–5
Narbonne:
archbishop of 69
council of 74
nation, French 284, 321
mystical body of 280–1
nation-state 321
natural law, law of nature, see law
necessities of the king, community, state 89,
94, 200, 239, 254–5, 259
Neustria 77
Nevers 63
Newcastle, mayor and bailiffs of 216, 218
Nîmes 148, 281
Njal’s Saga 22
nobles, estate of 101, 163, 171, 222, 229,
236–7, 275, 283, 285, 287, 294
nobility of the robe 287
Nogent, Guibert de 56
Norbiton, king’s men of 159
Norman:
conquest of England 27, 80, 131, 133,
165, 131
kings 133
Normandy, duchy of 78, 109, 117–18,
121–4, 158, 197, 220, 275, 286
barons of 123, 127, 321
bishops of 117, 166
churches of 204
complaints from 156–7
conquest of, by king of France 56, 115,
156, 207, 219
custom of 166, 191, 219382 Index