Alban, martyrdom of, 23.

Albany, the Duke of, suspected of the murder of the Duke of
Rothesay, 295;
is regent of Scotland, 296.

Albigeois, the, crusade against, 193.

Albin, probable Iberian derivation of the name, 6.

Albion, _see_ Albin.

Alcluyd (Dumbarton), the capital of Strathclyde, 43.

Alexander, bishop of Lincoln, 134.

Alexander III., king of Scotland, death of, 214.

Alexander III., Pope, shrinks from supporting Archbishop
Thomas, 145.

Alexander IV., Pope, confirms a grant of Sicily to Edmund
Crouchback, 197.

Allectus asserts a claim to the Empire, 22.

Alnwick, Malcolm Canmore slain at, 119;
William the Lion captured at, 154;
dismantled, 296.

Ambresbyrig (Amesbury) named from Ambrosius, 34.

Ambrosius fights with the West Saxons, 34.

Ambrosius Aurelianus, fights with the Jutes, 27.

Amiens, the mise of, 200.

Anderida destroyed by the South Saxons, 28.

Andred's Wood covers the Weald, 27.

Angevin kings, Church and State under, 165;
growth of learning under, 167;
growth of commerce under, 168;
architectural changes under, 170.

Angles ravage Roman Britain, 24;
settle in Britain, 28;
advance gradually, 36;
_see_ Bernicia, Deira, East Anglia, Mercia, North-humberland.

Anglesea, _see_ Mona.

Anjou, Geoffrey, Count of, 131;
united with Normandy, 137;
declares for Arthur, 174;
conquered by Philip II., 176;
English forays in, 317.

Anne of Beaujeu, policy of, 348.

Anne of Bohemia marries Richard II., 278.

Anne of Brittany is married to Maximilian by proxy, 349;
married to Charles VIII., 349.

Anselm acknowledges AElfheah to be a martyr, 82;
character of, 117;
becomes Archbishop of Canterbury, 118;
quarrels with William II., _ib._;
his relations with Henry I., 125.

Antoninus Pius, wall of, 17.

Appellant, the Lords, 279.

Aquitaine, Duchy of, passes to Henry II. by his marriage, 137;
is given to Richard, 155;
divided in language and character from the North of France, 176;
intrigues of Philip IV. in, 218;
efforts of Philip VI. to gain, 234;
ceded to Edward III., 253;
the Black Prince made Duke of, 254;
resistance to the Black Prince in, 256;
almost wholly lost, 257;
complete loss of, 320.

Aquae Sulis (Bath) subdued by the West Saxons, 35.

Archers employed at Senlac, 9