219;
her changes in the system of the monarchy, 232;
policy in Ireland, 240;
drift of her religious policy, 247, 248;
difficulties with Mary and Alva, 257, 258;
demands Mary's release, 259;
refuses to recognize Murray's government, _ib._;
renews marriage negotiations with Austria, 260;
negotiates for Mary's restoration, 262;
her temporizing policy, 264;
bull of deposition against her, 265, 270;
her relations with England, 274, 275, 287-289;
checks the "liberty of prophesying," 290;
relations with Parliament, 292, 293; v. 56-58;
resists Puritan pressure, iv. 293, 294;
scheme for her marriage with Henry of Anjou, 297;
expels the "water-beggars," 298;
attitude towards the Netherlands, 300;
persecutes the Catholics, 308, 309;
alliance with the Netherlands, 311;
scheme for her marriage with Francis of Anjou, 313, 316, 337, 338;
dealings with the Catholics, 319, 320;
relations with Drake, 334;
confers new powers on the Ecclesiastical Commission, 340;
refuses Protectorate of the Netherlands, 349;
sends them aid, _ib._;
alliance with James VI., 350;
plots against her, _ib._;
signs the death-warrant of Mary Stuart, 352;
her victory over party disunion, 364, 365;
sends an expedition to Portugal, 367;
help to Henry IV., 371;
league with France and the Netherlands, v. 60;
her loneliness, 63;
waning popularity, 64, 65;
last days, 65, 66;
death, 67;
materials for her history, iv. 3-5

Elizabeth, Czarina of Russia, vii. 246, 306

Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., iii. 133, 167, 168, 170, 171;
marries Henry VII., 175

Elizabeth, daughter of James I., v. 210

Elizabeth Woodville. _See_ Woodville

Elizabeth of France, wife of Philip II. of Spain, iv. 372

Ellandun, battle of, i. 102

Elliott, General, viii. 31, 41

Elmet conquered by Eadwine, i. 63

Elmham's _Life of Henry V._, ii. 179

Ely
burnt by northmen, i. 104;
Cnut at, 145;
the AEtheling AElfred blinded at, 148;
surrenders to William, 170;
seized by the Disinherited, ii. 88

Emma of Normandy, wife of AEthelred II., i. 141, 156

"Emperor's men," the, i. 303

Empson, Sir Richard, iii. 199

Engla-land, i. 138

England, Old, i. 9

England,
character of its settlement, i. 44-48;
work of the northmen in, 129;
first use of the name,