Johnston R.A. All Things Medieval: An Encyclopedia of the Medieval World

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Index

Water mills, 242– 43, 394

Wattle and daub construction,

370–71, 372

Wax, 53, 56, 450, 638

Wax tablets, 560

Weapons, 717–25; axes and clubs,

723; bows, 723–25; iron, 393,

394; knights, 430, 431; ships

and boats, 652; spears, 718–20;

swords, 720–23; tournaments,

692, 695, 696–97. See also Armor;

Gunpowder; Hunting

Weaving, 151–53

Weddings, 725–33; ceremonies,

731–33; consent, difﬁ culties of,

728–31; heraldry, 335; Jews,

412–13; marriage and divorce,

726–28; minstrels and trou-

badours, 497. See also Feasts;

Women

Weights and measures, 734 –39; coins,

172–73; fairs, 228, 231; volume

and length, 737–38; weights,

734 –37. See also Barrels and

buckets; Coins

Wells, 713–14, 715

Wet coopers, 51–52

Whales, 240

Whar ves, 643– 44

Wheels: machines, 459; potter’s,

578; spinning, 151, 459;

vertical, 491; wagons and carts,

707, 709. See also Wagons

and carts

Whiskey, 66

White pigment, 550

Whitsun, 349

Widows, 741

Wild animals, 21–22

William of Aquitaine, Duke, 500

William the Conqueror, King, 596

Wills, 267–68, 599, 600

Wimples, 325, 326

Winchester Cathedral, 521

Winchester College, 624

Wind instruments, 525–26

Windows, 296, 298–300, 371. See also

Glass

Wine. See Beverages

Wisdom, 211

Witchcraft, 468–69

Woad, 550–51

Wolves, 14 –15, 21, 379

Women, 739– 45; cloth, 146;

clothing, 157, 161–62, 162–63,

164 –65, 166, 167; feasts, 238;

hair, 319–21; hats, 324 –27;

heraldry, 333; hospitals, 365,

366, 367; jewelry, 399, 405,

406; Jews, 412–13; knights, 434;

magic, 467–68; minstrels and

troubadours, 499, 502; monas-

teries, 506, 511; Muslims, 532;

Paris, 136; prisons, 590; schools,

629; servants and slaves, 639,

640; tournaments, 692, 693, 694;

weddings, 726. See also Babies;

Men; Weddings

Wool, 147– 48

Wrestling, 281

Writing tablets, 560

Yellow pigment, 551

Yeomen, 352–53

Yersinia pestis, 574 –75

Zero, 538, 540

Zoos, 749–51. See also Animals

About the Author

RUTH A. JOHNSTON is an independent scholar with a research spe-

cialty in medieval literature and languages. She is the author of A Compan-

ion to Beowulf (Greenwood, 2005).