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, punished in Old Saxony, 74. Ælla founds the kingdom of Sussex, 92. Aimar, bishop of Puy, 363, 365. Alcuin, 62; his epistles, 66, 79, 84. Aldhelm, abbat of Malmesbury, 29; made bishop of Sherborne, 35. Aldred, abp. of York, crowns William I, 281. Aldrey, William de, account of, 340. Alexander, bp. of Lincoln, imprisoned, 500. Alexius I, emperor of Constantinople, 365. Alfwold, king of Northumbria, 68. Alfred, king of England, anointed by pope Leo, 99; ascends the throne, 113; retires to Athelney, ib.; assumes the garb of a minstrel, 114; routs the Danes, 116; his personal bravery, 117; his children, ib.; founds various monasteries, 118; his love of literature, ib.; dies, 121. Alfred, the son of Ethelred, 207. Alfrid, king of Northumbria, 52. Alla, king of Northumbria, 41. Almodis, countess of Toulouse, 416. Ambrosius, monarch of Britain, 11. Analaf, 129, 136; created king by the Northumbrians, 141. Angles and Saxons invited from Germany, 7; arrive in Britain, 8. Angle-School at Rome, 99. Anjou, earls of, account of, 265. Anjou, Geoffrey earl of, account of, 261. Anlaf, king of Norway, baptized, 168. Anselm, abp. of Canterbury, quits the kingdom, 338; recalled, 428; his contest with king Henry, 448. Anschetil, a Norman nobleman, 144. Antioch, description and siege of, 378—382. Aoxianus, governor of Antioch, 379, 381. Arbrisil, Robert de, account of, 471. Architecture, new style of at Westminster, 55; at Salisbury and Malmesbury, 442. Armorica or Bretagne, British settlement of, 6. Arthur assists Ambrosius, 11; his sepulchre never found, 315. Asia Minor, its ancient fruitfulness, 377. Ass, a man transformed into one, 180. Asser, bishop of Sherborne, account of, 118. Assingdon, consecration of church at, 198. Athelard, abp of Canterbury, 82. Athelstan, king of Mercia, 128—140. Athelwold, the confidant of Edgar, 159. Augustine, St., converts the king of Kent to Christianity, 12, 26. See Joscelyn. Azotus, siege of, 405.

Babylon in Egypt, formerly Taphnis, 390. Badon, Mount, siege of, 11. Bayeux, city of, burned, 433. Baldred, king of Kent, 17; expelled, 96. Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem, 395—412. Baldwin II, king of Jerusalem, 412. Baldwin, earl of Flanders, 206. Balista, what, 380. Ballads, ancient historical, 138, 148, 315. Balso the Short, story of, 145. Bangor, monastery of, 44. Battles at Aylesford, 194; Antioch, 382 Ascalon, 391; Assingdon, 194; Bensington, 38; Bruneford or Brumby, 129; Degstan, 43; Dol, 291; Eschendun, 111; Gerborai, 291; Hastings, 257, 276, 280; Hellendun, 96; Penn, near Gillingham, 193; Sceorstan, ib.; Standford-bridge, 256; Tenersebray, 433; Walesdun, 260; Witgeomesbrug, 20; Wodensdike, 19. Battle abbey, founded by William I, 300. Bede, Venerable, 3, 54, 56, 59. Belesme, Robert de, 430, 433. Benedict Biscop, founder of Wearmouth, 54. Benignus, St. 25; his epitaph, ib. Berefreid, what, 388. Berengar of Tours, account of 311. Bernard, abbat of Tyron, account of, 471. Bernard, the monk, 385. Bernicia, kingdom of, 46. Bernulph, king of Mercia, 87, 96. Berthwulf, king of Mercia, expelled, 88. Bertric, king of Wessex, 40; expels Egbert, 95; poisoned, 106. Bethlehem, church of St. Mary, at 383. Bezants, money so called, 372, 406. Bishopries, extinct or consolidated, 78. Extent of, 92; removal of, 78, 352; precedence of, 22. Bishops, seven, story of, 127, 128. Blois, Theobald earl of, 438. Blois, Henry de, bishop of Winton, and legate, 501; his treaty with the empress Maud, 517; holds a council at Winton, 518; his quarrel with the empress, 523. Blois, Stephen earl of, joins the crusade 366, 408; killed at Ramula, 410. Blood, its physical effects, 361; shower of, 67. Boamund, his design in urging the crusade, 356, 365; account of, 413. Boniface, archbishop of Mentz, 73. Boy, Jewish, legendary story of, 314. Bracelets exposed by Alfred on highways, 118.