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Millennium

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by Ian Mortimer


  steam power, 211, 213–14, 223, 231–5, 235–6

  steel, 322

  Stephen I, king of England, 53

  Stephen I, king of Hungary, 12

  Stephenson, George, 231

  Stonehenge, 78

  structural engineering see architecture and building

  submarines, 225

  Suez Canal, 235

  Suffolk, 17

  suffrage see electoral representation

  Sun, 165, 168, 169

  superstition, 170–2

  surgery, 49–50

  Sussex, 17, 173, 233

  Suter, Henry, 82

  Sutri, Council of (1046), 16

  Sweden: in 14th century, 96, 101; in 16th century, 133, 146; in 17th century, 162; in 18th century, 198, 213; in 19th century, 233, 252, 256; in 20th century, 278; life expectancy overview, 309; Swedish language, 103

  Swift, Jonathan, 200, 206

  Switzerland, 96, 149, 160–1, 237, 252, 278

  Sylvester III, pope, 16

  Symington, William, 235

  Syria, 19

  Talbot, Henry Fox, 246–7, 259

  Tamar, queen of Georgia, 35

  Tasmania, 178

  Taunton, 60

  Tavistock, 11

  taxation: in 11th century, 25; in 13th century, 60, 66, 72, 73; in 14th century, 99–100, 101; in 16th century, 137, 141, 143, 147–8, 316; in 17th century, 182; in 18th century, 207, 208, 216, 217; in 20th century, 317

  tea, 183, 184

  Teach, Edward (Blackbeard), 188

  telegraphs, 237–9, 286

  telephones, 239–40

  telescopes, 165–6

  television, 281–2

  Terry, Catherine, 234

  Teutonic Knights, 39, 109

  Texas, 178

  textile industry, 63, 211–12, 214–15

  Theodosius, 45

  theology: in 12th century, 39–40, 42–4, 56; in 16th century, 139–42; and friars, 76, 77

  Theophilus, 49

  Thetford, 18

  Third Lateran Council (1179), 67

  The Third Man (film), 160–1

  Thirty Years War (1618–48), 160, 305

  Thomson, John, 247, 248

  Thynne, Maria, 175

  Thynne, Sir Thomas, 175

  timber see wood

  time measurement, 116–19, 166–7, 224

  time standardisation, 233

  The Times, 279

  Titian, 124

  titles, personal, 185

  tobacco, 156, 177

  Toledo, 45

  Tonga, 178

  Tordesillas, Treaty of (1494), 115, 154

  torture, 204

  Totnes, 10

  Toulouse, 28, 74–5

  tournaments, 58–9

  Tournus, 27

  Tours, 28

  towns and cities: in 11th century, 10, 11, 13, 25; in 13th century, 60–3; in 15th century, 110; in 19th century, 229–31, 234, 240–1, 242–3; in 20th century, 269, 270–1; community dependence, 313–14

  Townshend, Lord, 195, 196, 197

  trace italienne, 144–5

  trade see commerce

  Trafalgar, battle of (1805), 191, 193

  transportation, 204

  travel and transport: in 11th century, 10, 12; in 13th century, 77–81; in 16th century, 130; in 17th century, 184; in 18th century, 189–95; in 19th century, 224, 231–6; in 20th century, 263–71, 291–2; in the future, 338; see also exploration and discovery; space travel

  Trent, Council of (1563), 136, 143

  Trésaguet, Pierre-Marie-Jérôme, 192

  Trevithick, Richard, 231

  Tristao, Nuno, 111–12

  troubadors, 103, 104

  Truce of God movement, 22

  tuberculosis, 244

  Tull, Jethro, 195, 196

  Tunis, 87

  Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques, 192, 199–200, 209

  Turks see Ottoman Empire; Seljuk Turks

  turnpikes, 190–1

  Turpin, Dick, 189

  Tyndale, William, 133

  typewriters, 224

  Tytler, James, 194

  UK see Britain

  Ulrich von Lichtenstein, 57, 59

  Unam Sanctam bull, 99

  UNESCO, 290

  United Nations, 276

  universities: in America, 177; in Europe, 68–9, 98, 125, 134, 185; and women, 255–6

  University College London, 256

  uprisings see rebellions, revolutions and uprisings

  uranium, 330

  Urban II, pope, 18–19, 22, 32

  Urban VIII, pope, 169

  urbanisation see towns and cities

  Urlanis, B. T., 347

  USA: in 19th century, 228, 229, 230, 232, 235, 239, 248, 251, 252, 254–5, 257; in 20th century, 153, 265, 271, 274, 276, 278–9, 281, 292, 293; in 21st century, 335; creation, 215–17; renewable energy, 340

  usury, 119

  Vacarius, 53

  vaccination, 241

  Vail, Alfred, 238

  Valencia, 63, 72

  Varna, battle of (1444), 109

  Vega, Lope de, 160

  Velázquez, 160

  Venerabilem decree, 82–3

  Venice: in 11th century, 13, 28; in 13th century, 58, 63, 64, 78; in 14th century, 87; in 15th century, 108, 109, 113; in 16th century, 89; in 17th century, 162, 168; in 18th century, 203

  Venice, Treaty of (1177), 70

  Verdun, 25

  Vermeer, Jan, 160

  Verne, Jules, 235

  Versailles, 160

  Vesalius, Andreas, 135

  Vespucci, Amerigo, 154

  Victorines (Order of the Canons of St Victor), 39

  Vienna, 162, 241–2

  Vienne, Council of (1311–12), 98

  Vikings, 11, 12, 20, 30

  Villani, Giovanni, 88, 105

  violence: in 11th century, 11, 12, 14, 20–3; in 13th century, 58–9; in 16th century, 148–54; see also warfare

  Virginia, 176–7

  Voltaire, 6, 199, 200, 201–2, 204

  Vonnegut, Kurt, 328

  wages, 90, 312

  Waldo, Peter, 132

  Wales: in 11th century, 12; in 12th century, 39; in 13th century, 60; in 14th century, 93; in 15th century, 351; in 16th century, 133, 170; in 19th century, 257; slavery, 25

  Wallace, Alfred Russel, 259

  warfare: in 11th century, 20–3; in 15th century, 108–10; in 16th century, 142–3, 144–8; in 17th century, 160; in 20th century, 271–6; chemical, 293; civil wars, 307; in hierarchy of human needs, 299–302; and the homicide rate, 153–4; impact on civilians, 272–3; overview and significance, 110, 303–7; projectile, 92–7; siege, 96–7, 144–5

  Warkworth Castle, 96

  Washington, George, 217

  watches, 224

  waterways, 193

  Watkins, John Elfreth, Jr, 287–8

  Watson, Thomas, 239

  Watt, James, 214, 223

  wealth see money

  weapons: artillery and firearms, 96–7, 108, 144–8, 158, 225; bows, 94–7, 145; overview and significance, 305–6

  weather see climate

  Wedgwood, Josiah, 214–15

  welfare state, 278, 317, 337

  Welles, Orson, 160–1

  Wellington boots, 262

  Wells, H. G., 288

  the West, as defined in this book, 4

  Westphalia, 61

  Wheatstone, Charles, 238

  Whitefriars see Carmelites

  Whitney, Isabella, 138

  Wilberforce, Samuel, 254

  Wilberforce, William, 251

  Wilkinson, John, 214

  William, count of Aquitaine, 59

  William, prince of Orange (16th century), 145

  William I the Conqueror, king of England, 13, 22–3, 26, 28, 29–30, 32

  William I, king of Sicily, 46

  William III, king of Great Britain and Ireland, 176

  William and Mary College, 177

  William of Champeau
x, 39, 42

  William of Ockham, 76

  William of Poitiers, 21

  William of Rubruck, 80

  William the Lion, king of Scotland, 34

  Williamsburg, 176

  Winchester, 11, 28

  windows, 130–1, 157

  wine, 184

  witchcraft, 170–2, 186, 311

  Wollstonecraft, Mary, 220, 327

  women: 12th-century queens, 35; in 18th century, 220; in 19th century, 252–7; in 20th century, 274; as agents of change, 327; education, 41, 255–6; future status, 338; printing’s effect on their situation, 137–9; status overview, 310–11

  wood, 212

  wool trade, 63

  Worcestershire, 88

  work: pre-19th century, 285; in 19th century, 229, 230–1, 250; in 20th century, 277, 284, 285–6; and Marx, 260; see also agriculture; factories; feudal system; wages

  Wright brothers, 265, 292

  Wyatt, John, 214

  Wycliffe, John, 102, 104, 132

  York, 30

  Yugoslavia, former, 272

  Zengi, 33

  Zeppelins, 266, 273

  zero concept, 46–7

  Zurich, 142

  Zurich, University of, 256

  Zwingli, Ulrich, 140

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