An Account of Denmark

Index

367 INDEX  Molesworth’s spelling in An Account of Denmark is not always consistent (Brandenburgh , Brandenburg), and he sometimes uses archaic or idiosyncratic forms (Iseland for Iceland). While the text necessarily retains his original usage, the index generally uses modern conventions, with Molesworth’s alternative spellings cross-referenced or added in square brackets where necessary for the sake of clarity. abannagium, 270 absolute rule: Account of Denmark as attack on, xxiii–xxiv; Calvinism, Danish dislike of, 152; as chosen by people, 18–20, 55–56; ecclesiastical promotion of, 17, 20; effects upon populace, 65; establishment in Denmark, xix, 51–52, 53–64; in France, xxiv; likelihood of surviving in Denmark, 159–61; Molesworth ’s rejection of, xxi; in Russia, 20; taxation and, 52, 66, 67, 70; Whig rejection of, 175–76. See also divine right claims, Molesworth’s rejection of accommodations for strangers in Denmark, 75 Account of Denmark (Molesworth): Danish response to, xxix–xxx; editions and translations of, xxiii– xxiv, xxv, xxix, xxx, xli, xliii–xlviii, 117n31; French context of, xxiii– xxiv; Gothic liberty, political evocation of, 17–18, 49–51, 159; Hollis’s copy of, xviii; Hollis’s dissemination of, xvii; original title page, 3; publication and reception of, xxviii–xxx; republican tradition, Molesworth’s defense of, xviii, xxi–xxii, 17–20; significance of, ix– xii; text, 1–161 (see also Denmark); Wishart on, xv Act of Settlement (1701), xx Adams, John, xii 368  Index Admiralty-Court, 145, 147 Ado of Vienne, 233, 242–44, 273, 280, 282, 312 advocates and lawyers, 22, 147, 317–24 Aedui, 201, 210, 211–12, 222 Aegidius (Francogallic king), 244 Aemilius, Paulus, 287 Aeneid (Virgil), 3. See also Virgil Aetius (Roman governor), 237 Agathias, 249, 257 Agenois (Nitiobriges), 202, 213 Agesilaus (Spartan general), 277 agriculture and estate management, Molesworth’s interest in, xxxiv–xl agriculture and estate management in Denmark: description of Danish lands and territories, 31, 32, 41–42, 44, 46, 47; farm tax and plough tax, 77, 83; millage or grinding tax, 82–83. See also land and property in Denmark agriculture and estate management in Ireland, 325–31; alienation of leases, 338–39; boundary lands, ploughing, 340; carrmen and vagrants, 343, 350; cess pools, communal , 348–49; common lands, 339–40, 343; county schools of husbandry, Molesworth’s proposal for, 345; “the custom of the country ” regarding start and end of lease period, 337–38; enclosure, 343–44; England compared, 332– 33 (see also other subentries in this entry); equipment and implements, 340, 347, 348; farm buildings, 339, 347; fisheries, 350–51; fuel supply, 348; fulture (manure/fertilizing materials), 335, 336, 338, 339, 342, 348; gentlemen taking over farmlands , 342, 344; hedges, preserving , 336, 348; highways and roads, 342–44; long leases and subletting, 335–37; merchants, tradesmen, and shopkeepers leasing farms, 338; ploughing methods and animals, 339, 340, 343; regulation, need for, 333–34; rent increases, 334–35; Roman Catholic tenants, fearfulness of, 344; roofing materials, 339; stacks, keeping of corn and hay in, 348; store-houses and granaries, 341; Sundays and holy days, 346– 47, 349–50; trees, planting and preserving, 347, 348; tythes and tythe-gathering, 341–42, 344–45, 351; wives and children of farmers, 345–46, 350 Aimoinus (Aimon of Fleury): on establishment of Francogallic kingdom, 238, 240, 243–46, 248– 50; on governance of Francogallic kingdom, 261, 268, 269, 271–74, 279, 280, 282, 283, 286, 287, 291; hair, royal privilege regarding, 256– 58; queens, rule of, 310, 312, 313; on use of Greek letters in Francogallia , 218 Aistolphus (king of the Lombards), 283 Akenside, Mark, xviii Alani, 236 alcohol consumption in Denmark, 72, 73 Alefeldt, Count, 93, 117 Alexander the Great, 285 alienation of Irish farm leases, 338–39 Allholm Castle (Denmark), 101 Almon, John, xxxii, xxxiii Alsen (Denmark), 42 Altena (Denmark), 125 Ama[c]k (Denmark), 42, 115 Ambiorix (king of the Eburones), 213 Ambrose of Milan, 236 Index  369 America: independence from Britain , Molesworth’s works influencing supporters of, xii, xix, xxxii– xxxiii; Massachusetts, state motto of, 24n9 Ammianus Marcellinus, 209, 215, 223, 235–36, 253, 286 Amphyctions, Council of, 264 Ampts, 149 Amsterdam, 69, 87–88, 111 ancient world. See Greece, ancient; Rome, ancient Angles, 46, 237 Animadversions on a pretended account of Denmark (King, 1694), xxx Anna Sophia (sister of Christian V; widow of elector of Saxony), 141, 142 Ann[e] (queen of England), 142, 168, 171, 182, 190 Anne (sister of...