Abelard (Peter), enthusiasm excited by the teachings of, iii. [420];
his erratic career, [421].
Acre, consequences to commerce by the capture of, iii. [329];
vices of its inhabitants, ib. [note] m.
Adorni and Fregosi factions, disruption of Genoa by the, i. 496.
Adolphus of Nassau elected emperor of Germany, ii. 82.
Adrian II. (pope), attempts to overawe Charles the Bald, ii. 173.
Adrian IV. (the only English pope), insolence of, towards Frederic Barbarossa, ii. 195;
his system of mandats, 212.
Adventurers (military). See [Military Systems].
Æneas Sylvius (afterwards Pius II.), instance of the political foresight of, i. 504;
he abets the war against the Turks, ii. 137;
specimen of his oratory, 138 note;
his singular suggestion to Mahomet II., ib. note;
he plays into the hands of the pope, 253;
he obtains the repeal of the Pragmatic Sanction, 255;
his sketch of Vienna, iii. [345] [note] u.
Agriculture, cause of the low state of, iii. [312], [359] and [note] m;
superior cultivation of church lands, [360];
exemplary labours of the Benedictines, ib. [note] n;
agricultural colonies, [361] and [notes] p and q;
early enclosures and clearances, [362];
exportation of corn, how limited, [364];
usual prices of land, ib.;
high state of Italian agriculture, ib.;
effects of pestilence, [365];
excellence of the Italian gardens, ib.;
neglect of horticulture in England, [366].
Alaric, tolerance of, towards his catholic subjects, i. 3 note f;
defeated by Clovis, 4;
laws compiled by his order, iii. [414].