§ 3. Character of William Rufus.

May 24, Death and burial of Lanfranc; his position 1089 in England and Normandy 140-142 Change for the worse in the King’s character; rebukes of Lanfranc 142-143 Personal description of William Rufus 143-144 His conduct in youth; his filial duty; his conduct during the rebellion 145-146 General charges against William Rufus; his marked personality 147 His alleged firmness of purpose; his lack of real steadiness; his unfinished campaigns 148-149 His alleged magnanimity; his boundless pride; story of the chamberlain 149-151 His alleged liberality; his wastefulness 151-152 His rewards to the loyal troops after the rebellion 152 His extortions 153 His generally strict government 153 His lavishness to his foreign mercenaries 153-154 1108 They are restrained by the statute of Henry 154 Stricter forest laws; story of the fifty English acquitted by ordeal 155-157 Special vices of Rufus; old and new fashions of dress 157-159 His irreligion; his favour to the Jews 159-161 True position of the Jews in England 160 Dispute between Jews and Christians 162 He makes the converted Jews turn back; story of the convert Stephen 162-165 William’s defiance of God and the saints; frequency of blasphemy 165-167 Redeeming features in Rufus; little personal cruelty; respect for his father’s memory 167-169 His chivalrous spirit; his word when kept; and when broken 169-171 Chivalry a new thing; William Rufus marks the beginning of a new æra 169-171 Illustrations of the chivalrous character 171-174 Grouping of events in the reign of Rufus 174