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Millennium

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by Ian Mortimer


  Francis I, king of France, 147

  Francis of Assisi, 73–4, 83

  Franciscans (Greyffiars), 73–4, 75, 76–7, 83

  Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, 34, 35, 53, 70

  Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 59

  French Revolution, 217–21, 223

  Frescobaldi banking company, 65

  Freud, Sigmund, 259

  friars, 73–7, 83, 142

  fridges, 283

  Froissart, Jean, 105

  Fronde (1648–53), 160, 180

  Frugardi, Roger, 50

  Fuchs, Leonhart, 134

  fuel see energy and fuel

  Fukuyama, Francis, 287, 319–20

  Fulbert (Notre-Dame canon), 42

  Fulk Nerra, count of Anjou, 21–2, 29

  fur trade, 177

  furniture see household items and furniture

  the future: change in the, 319–24, 328–45; imagining and predicting, 286–90

  Galen, 45, 47, 48, 49, 116, 135

  Galician language, 104

  Galileo Galilei: as agent of change, 186–7, 326; birth, 158; experiments, 165, 166–7; and scientific organisations, 168; trial and imprisonment, 169

  Gama, Vasco da, 112–13

  games see sport and games

  Garar, 80

  gardening, 131, 189

  Garnerin, André, 195

  Garter, Order of the, 90

  gas see natural gas

  Gascony, 30, 93

  Gay, John, 189

  Gdansk, 165

  Geneva Conventions, 276–7

  Geneva Medical College, 256

  Genghis Khan, 58, 82

  Genoa: in 11th century, 13, 28; in 13th century, 63, 64, 78; in 14th century, 87; in 15th century, 108, 109, 113; in 17th century, 162

  geography see exploration and discovery; maps and atlases

  Gerald of Aurillac, St, 24

  Gerard of Cremona, 45, 48, 50, 55

  Germany: in 11th century, 25; in 13th century, 58–9, 64, 79; in 14th century, 96, 101; in 16th century, 133, 136, 139–40, 142, 150; in 17th century, 150, 160, 170–1; in 18th century, 193, 208, 213; in 19th century, 228, 230, 232, 233, 252, 255; in 20th century, 278; German Empire, 275; German language, 102, 105; homicide rates, 149; medieval, 143; renewable energy, 340–1; wealth overview, 316; see also Holy Roman Empire; Prussia

  germs see disinfection

  Ghent, 63

  Ghibellines, 101

  Ghiberti, Lorenzo, 122, 123

  Ghirlandaio, 124

  Gilbert, William, 166

  Gilbert of Sempringham, St, 3

  Giorgione, 124

  Giotto, 106, 123

  Givry, 88

  Gladstone, William, 238, 254

  Glasgow, 248

  Glasgow Evening Times, 279

  Glendower, Owen, 109

  Gliese 667Cc, 323–4

  global warming see climate

  globalisation, 264–72, 291

  Glorious Revolution (1688), 181, 215

  Glossators, 52

  Gloucester, 28

  Goa, 178

  God: as agent of change, 325–6; see also religion; theology

  Godwin, William, 209

  Gold Coast, 112

  goldsmithing, 106

  Gonçalves, Afonso, 111–12

  government: in the future, 335–9; and natural rights, 181–2; origins of accountability, 69–73; record-keeping and statistics, 65–8, 136–7, 157, 206; and social change, 249; state’s increasing power, 150–2; see also monarchy

  Granada, 58, 109

  Gratian, 52, 55

  Graunt, John, 206

  gravity, 167–8

  Great Britain, SS, 235

  Great Chain of Being, 90

  Great Exhibition (1851), 224

  Great Reform Act (1832), 249, 252

  Great Western, SS, 235

  Greece, 13, 108, 252

  Greek Orthodox Church, 15

  Greeley, Horace, 178

  Greenland, 80, 101, 127

  Greenwich Observatory, 165

  Gregory I the Great, pope, 24

  Gregory VI, pope, 16

  Gregory VII, pope, 16–17, 32

  Gregory IX, pope, 75

  Gregory XI, pope, 100

  Gregory XIII, pope, 129

  Gregory of Tours, 47

  Grenville, Richard, 157

  Grey, Lord, 249, 252

  Greyfriars see Franciscans

  Guelphs, 101

  Guiscard, Robert, 13

  gunpowder, 1, 76, 96, 108

  guns see artillery and firearms

  Gutenberg, Johannes, 108, 126–7

  Guyuk Khan, 80

  Gypsies, 310

  Haber, Fritz, 292–3

  Hackworth, Thomas, 231

  Halidon Hill, battle of (1333), 95

  Hals, Franz, 160

  Hamburg, 273

  Hanseatic League, 63, 98, 109

  Harfleur, 97

  Harper’s Weekly, 248

  Harriot, Thomas, 165

  Harrison, William, 131, 153, 156

  Hart, Michael, 31–2

  Hart, Sarah, 238

  Hartlebury, 88

  Harvard University, 177

  Harvey, William, 174, 186

  Haskins, Charles Homer, 41

  Hastings, battle of (1066), 22

  Haussman, Georges-Eugène, 243

  Hawking, Stephen, 324

  Hawkins, John, 155, 156, 157

  Hawkwood, Sir John, 97

  health and medicine: in 11th century, 13; in 12th century, 41, 45, 47–51; in 16th century, 135; in 17th century, 162–3, 166, 170, 172–6; in 19th century, 240–5; in 20th century, 268, 270, 277–8; in hierarchy of human needs, 299–302; overview and significance, 308–9; women doctors, 255–6; see also Black Death; plague

  Hedley, William, 231

  Héloise, 33, 42

  Henrico, 177

  Henry I, king of England, 55

  Henry II, king of England, 35, 53–4, 55

  Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, 16

  Henry III, king of England, 64, 66, 73

  Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 16–17, 22

  Henry IV, king of England, 102, 104, 109, 118, 120

  Henry V, king of England, 97, 109, 118, 120

  Henry VII, king of England, 113, 115

  Henry VIII, king of England, 140

  Henry, Prince (son of James I), 177

  Henry the Navigator, 111–12, 128

  herbals, 134–5

  Hereford world map, 79

  heresy and heretics: in 12th century, 42–4; in 16th century, 133; Cathars, 58, 74, 83; and friars, 76; witchcraft as heresy, 171

  Hermann of Carinthia, 45

  Hevelius, Johannes, 165

  highwaymen, 189

  Hildegard von Bingen, 34, 48

  Hill, Rowland, 236–7

  Hippocrates, 45, 48, 49

  Hiroshima, 273

  Hispaniola, 114

  history writing, 158

  Hitler, Adolf, 293

  Hobbes, Thomas, 181, 201

  Hobsbawm, Eric, 211

  holidays, 234

  Holland: in 13th century, 58; in 15th century, 109; in 16th century, 142; in 17th century, 147, 160, 162, 163, 178–9; in 18th century, 204; in 19th century, 229–30, 232, 233, 256; in 20th century, 274; American colonies, 177–8; Dutch Empire, 178–9; homicide rates, 149; population density, 336, 351; wealth overview, 316; see also Low Countries

  Holocaust, 293, 310

  Holy Roman Empire: in 11th century, 12–13, 15–16, 18–19, 20, 28; in 12th century, 53, 70; in 14th century, 101; relationship with papacy, 15–16, 16–17, 18–19; see also Germany

  homicide rate, 148–54, 308

  homosexuality, 204, 313

  Honorius III, pope, 75

  Hooke, Robert, 167, 168

  hotels and boarding-houses, 234

  household items and furniture: in 11th century, 10; in 16th century, 130, 131; in 17th century, 183, 184; in
18th century, 189; in 19th century, 225, 230; in 20th century, 261, 282–6; kitchen appliances, 225, 282–6

  housing: in 11th century, 9; in 16th century, 131, 157; in 17th century, 184; in 19th century, 229–30, 233, 248; in 20th century, 269–70; in the future, 331, 336, 338; predicting need, 290; see also architecture and building

  Howard, John, 204

  Hrabanus Maurus, 11, 25, 47

  Hubbert, M. King, 289

  Hugh Primas, 34

  humanism, 125

  Hume, David, 6, 203, 208, 209

  Hundred Years War, 95–7, 99, 107

  Hungary, 79, 109, 110, 180, 274

  Huskisson, William, 231

  Hussites, 109–10

  Huxley, Aldous, 288

  Huygens, Christiaan, 166, 167, 169, 186

  hygiene, 131, 224; see also public health and sanitation

  Ibn Khaldun, 87

  Iceland, 101, 103, 278

  iconoclasm, 142

  identity: nationalism, 97–102, 103, 105, 107; rise of individualism, 120–3, 130, 153

  ideology: in hierarchy of human needs, 301–2; prejudice overview, 309–12

  al-Idrisi, Mohammed, 46

  Illustrated London News, 247, 248

  immigration see migration

  imperialism see colonialism and imperialism

  In nomine Domini (papal bull), 16

  Incas, 154

  India: in 15th century, 112–13, 128; in 17th century, 179; in 19th century, 235; in 21st century, 265; population density, 336

  individualism, rise of, 120–3, 130, 153

  Indonesia, 178, 179

  indulgences, 139–40

  Industrial Revolution, 7, 211–15

  Ine, king of Wessex, 24

  infant mortality see child mortality

  inflation, 155

  inflationism, 205–6, 207

  Innocent II, pope, 38, 55

  Innocent III, pope, 58, 70–1, 74, 75, 82–3

  Innocent IV, pope, 79–80

  internal combustion engine, 6, 224, 264

  International Council of Women, 255

  International Court of Justice, 276

  Internet, 282, 284

  Iraq, 296

  Ireland: in 11th century, 12; in 18th century, 198; in 19th century, 228, 303; medieval, 93; slavery, 25

  Irnerius, 52, 55, 68

  iron, 212, 214, 215, 322

  Isabella, queen of Castile, 113–14, 327

  Isidore of Seville, 47

  Islam: ancient texts in Arabic libraries, 44–7; Arabic medicine, 48–9, 49–50, 50–1; Muslim Spanish kingdoms, 12, 20, 27, 29, 32, 58, 109; see also Crusades

  Israel, 265

  Italy: in 11th century, 13, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 51, 52; in 12th century, 38, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 66, 70; in 13th century, 60, 63, 64; in 14th century, 87–8, 89, 96, 101; in 15th century, 108–9, 110; in 16th century, 133, 136, 138; in 17th century, 160, 162, 180, 192; in 18th century, 198, 203–4, 208; in 19th century, 227–8, 232, 233, 255, 256, 257; in 20th century, 265, 274, 278; art, 106; homicide rates, 149; Italian language, 105–6; life expectancy overview, 278, 309; population overview, 350–1, 351; warfare overview, 304–7; wealth overview, 316

  Jacquerie uprising (1358), 91

  Jakarta (formerly Batavia), 178

  James I and VI, king of England, Scotland and Ireland, 176, 190

  James IV king of Scotland, 147

  Jamestown, 176–7

  Jansen, Zaccharias, 167

  Japan, 5, 265, 274, 278

  Jaucourt, Louis de, 199

  Java, 178, 179

  Jefferies, Dr John, 194

  Jenner, Edward, 241

  Jerusalem, 54, 59

  Jesuits, 143

  Jews and Judaism, 45, 180, 293, 310

  Jex-Blake, Sophia, 256

  Johannitius, 48, 49

  John, king of England, 70–2

  John I, king of Portugal, 111

  John II, king of Portugal, 112, 113, 128

  John de Sully, Sir, 3

  John of Salisbury, 46, 49

  Jones, R., 347

  Juan Manuel, prince of Villena, 104

  Jumièges, 28

  Jupiter, 165, 169

  Kalmar Union, 101

  Kant, Immanuel, 6, 199, 223

  Karakorum, 80

  Kay, John, 214

  Kempe, Margery, 122

  Kent, 11–12, 17, 173, 233

  Kepler, Johannes, 164–5, 166

  kettles, 283

  keyboard layouts, 224

  Keynes, John Maynard, 231

  al-Khwarizmi, 45

  King, Gregory, 183, 206, 228

  knights, 92–3

  Knights Hospitaller, 34, 39

  Knights Templar, 34, 39

  Koch, Robert, 244, 259

  Kuala Lumpur, 269

  Kublai Khan, 80

  Kuwait, 296

  land clearance and enclosures, 35–7, 198, 221

  Langeais, 29

  Langton, Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, 70

  languages, vernacular, 102–6

  Lanier, Emilia, 138

  Lapenotière, John Richards, 191, 193

  las Casas, Bartolomé de, 114

  las Navas de Tolosa, battle of (1212), 58, 83

  Latin, 103, 105

  Latin America see South America

  Latini, Brunetto, 105

  latitude, 112

  lavatories, 224

  Lavoisier, Antoine, 222–3

  Law, John, 205–6

  law, canon, 52–3, 79

  law, international, 276–7

  law, rule of: in 11th century, 51–2; in 12th century, 52–4; in 13th century, 78–9, 82; in 16th century, 152–3; in the future, 338–9; in hierarchy of human needs, 300–2; overview and significance, 307–8

  lawyers, 183

  Le Bras, H., 347

  League of Nations, 276

  Leeuwen, Bas van, 348

  Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van, 167, 186

  Legnano, battle of (1176), 70

  legislation see law, rule of

  Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 167, 169, 170

  Leiden, 165

  leisure time, 258, 261

  Leo IX, pope, 15

  Leofric, bishop, 31

  León, 12, 20, 27, 72, 101

  Leonardo da Vinci, 5, 124, 125–6, 158

  Leopold II, grand duke of Tuscany, 204, 208

  Leopoldina see Academia Naturae Curiosorum

  Lesser Sunda Islands, 178

  letter writing, 122

  Lewes, 28

  life expectancy: in 17th century, 161; in 19th century, 240, 244; in 20th century, 277–9; in the future, 341; overview, 3, 308–9; see also child mortality

  lighting, 225, 283

  Limoges, 28

  Lincoln, 17

  Lincoln, Abraham, 251

  Lippershey, Hans, 165, 167

  Lister, Joseph, 244

  literacy: in 11th century, 9; in 12th century, 41; in 13th century, 67–8, 83; in 16th century, 132–3, 152–3; in 19th century, 6, 257–8; in 20th century, 269; in the future, 342

  literature: in 12th century, 34; in 13th century, 57, 59; in 17th century, 160; in 18th century, 203; emergence of the vernacular, 102–6; science fiction, 287, 288

  Lithuania, 12, 20, 109

  livestock rearing, 195, 196, 198

  Livonian Crusade, 58

  Locke, John, 181–2, 186, 203

  Locomotion (steam engine), 231

  Lollards, 91

  Lombard, Peter, 40

  Lombard League, 70

  London: in 11th century, 11, 12, 30; in 13th century, 63, 149; in 14th century, 88; in 16th century, 89; in 17th century, 162, 163, 182–3, 212; in 18th century, 194, 202, 204, 228; in 19th century, 240, 243, 248, 270; in 20th century, 270, 280; Midland Grand Hotel, 270; One Canada Square, 270; Queen’s Theatre, 182; Tower of London, 30

  London, Synod of (1102), 26

  London Corresponding Society, 220

  London School of Medicine for
Women, 256

  López de Ayala, Pedro, 104

  López de Córdoba, Leonora, 122

  López de Gómara, Francisco, 154

  Lot, Ferdinand, 349, 353

  Lotharingia, 17

  Louis XII, king of France, 147

  Louis XIV, king of France, 168, 176, 185, 202

  Louis XVI, king of France, 194, 202, 218, 219

  Louisiana, 176, 178

  love: in hierarchy of human needs, 300–2; overview and significance, 312–13

  Low Countries: in 12th century, 45; in 13th century, 63, 64; in 16th century, 143; see also Belgium; Flanders; Holland

  Lübeck, 63

  Lumière brothers, 225

  Lunardi, Vincenzo, 194

  Luther, Martin, 133, 139–40, 142, 158–9

  Lydford, 10, 11

  Lyons, 256

  Maberly, William Leader, 237

  Macao, 178

  Machiavelli, Niccolò, 158

  McVedy, C., 347

  Maddison, Angus, 314–15, 347

  madness see mental illness

  Magdeburg, 25

  Magellan, Ferdinand, 154

  Magna Carta, 70–2

  Magyars, 12, 20, 27

  Malacca, 154

  Malanima, Paolo, 38, 347, 349, 350–1, 352

  malaria, 197

  Malemi, Niccoló, 133

  Malthus, Thomas Robert, 209–11, 326, 337

  Mandeville, Sir John de, 111

  Manhattan Project, 292, 293

  Manila, 155

  Mann, Horace, 257

  Manuel I, king of Portugal, 113

  Manzikert, battle of (1071), 14

  maps and atlases, 79, 135, 154–5

  Marconi, Guglielmo, 240

  Marie Antoinette, queen of France, 219

  Marinella, Lucrezia, 138

  markets, local, 10, 61–3, 233–4, 343

  marriage, 92, 234, 253–5, 312–13, 333

  Mars, 164–5, 323

  Marseilles, 88, 89

  Marshal, William, 34

  Marvell, Andrew, 163

  Marx, Karl, 250, 259, 260, 287, 322–3, 337

  Mary I, queen of England, 144

  Mary II, queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 176

  Maryland, 176

  Maslow, Abraham, 300–1, 302, 303

  Massachusetts, 257

  Massachusetts Bay Colony, 177, 186

  maternal mortality, 228, 278

  mathematics, 45, 46–7, 167

  Matilda, empress, 35

  Mauritius, 154

  Maxwell, James Clerk, 259

  Mayhew, Henry, 248

  Mazarin, cardinal, 144

  media, 192–3, 279–82

  Medici, Cosimo de, 125

 

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