CHAPTER XXIV
CONCLUSION 304
INDEX 317
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
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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