the Holy, iii. 209, 210, 266;
in France, iv. 348, 355, 356;
of Neutrals, viii. 162-164;
of Schmalkald, iii. 336; iv. 36, 50;
of the Public Weal, iii. 122, 125, 126

Learning,
the New, iii. 194-198, 201, 202;
its protest against war, 210;
attitude after Wolsey's fall, 289, 291

Leicester,
one of the Five Boroughs, i. 117;
surrenders to AEthelflaed, 118;
condition under its earls, 297;
regains right of compurgation, 313-315;
stormed by Charles I., vi. 38

Leicester, Robert de Beaumont, Earl of, i. 254

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of (_see_ Dudley), iv. 205, 349, 357;
v. 58, 63

Leighton, John, v. 305

Leinster, kingdom of, i. 251, 252

Leipzig, battle of, viii. 202

Leith
sacked by the English, iv. 29;
siege of, 175, 176

Leland, John, v. 4

Lennox, Esme Stuart, Duke of, iv. 346; v. 123

Lennox, Matthew Stuart, Earl of, iv. 227, 244; v. 123

Lennox, Margaret, Countess of, iv. 220, 221

Leo X., Pope, iii. 249, 253, 254

Leofa, slayer of Eadmund the Magnificent, i. 123

Leofric, Earl of Mercia, i. 150, 152

Leopold II., Emperor, viii. 95, 96

Leopold V., Duke of Austria, i. 261

Lepanto, battle of, iv. 297

Leslie, Alexander, v. 335, 337.
_See_ Leven

Leslie, David, vi. 79, 80, 83, 84

"Lesser barons." _See_ Knights

Levant Company, v. 161

Leven, Alexander Leslie, first Earl of (_see_ Leslie), vi. 18

Lever, Thomas, iv. 119, 128, 132

Lewes,
battle of, ii. 70, 71;
Mise of, 71;
Protestant martyrs at, iv. 96

Lewis of Bavaria, Emperor, ii. 217-219, 221, 229, 235, 248

Lewis d'Outremer, king of France, i. 210

Lewis VII., king of France, i. 233, 254

Lewis (VIII.) of France,
the English crown offered to, i. 355;
successes in England, _ib._;
defeated, ii. 2;
withdraws, 3

Lewis IX., king of France, ii. 35, 40, 68, 90

Lewis XI., king of France, iii. 119;
relations with Edward IV., 120, 121;
with Burgundy, _ib._;
with Margaret of Anjou, 121;
negotiations with Warwick, 122, 123;
struggle with League of the Public Weal, 126, 127;
again seeks treaty with Edward, 128;
Edward's negotiations with, 129;
league against, 130;
attacks Britanny, 132;
captured and released by Charles, _ib._;
stirs Warwick against Edward, 136;
reconciles Warwick and Margaret, 137;
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