Alfonso I. of Aragon bequeaths his kingdom to the Knights Templars, ii. 8.
Alfonso III. of Aragon compelled to apologise to his people, ii. 45.
Alfonso V. of Aragon (the Magnanimous), i. 490;
adopted by Joanna II. of Naples, ib.;
she revokes the adoption, 491;
his accession, ib.;
his imprisonment by the Genoese, 492;
his alliance with Milan, ib., 493;
his virtues and patronage of the arts, 493;
his literary medicine, 494 note;
his love of Naples, ii. 42.
Alfonso V. and VI. of Castile, towns incorporated by, ii. 6.
Alfonso VII. of Castile, unwise division of his dominions by, ii. 9.
Alfonso X. of Castile, scientific acquirements and governmental deficiencies of, ii. 12;
law promulgated by him, 37;
his election as emperor of Germany, 76;
tithes established in his reign, 146 note a;
clerical encroachments favoured by him, 220 note r;
he exempts the clergy from civil jurisdiction, 226.
Alfonso XI. of Castile assassinates his cousin, ii. 14;
his disregard of law, 36.
Alfred the Great, rescue of the Anglo-Saxon monarchy by, ii. 271;
his alleged division of the kingdom into counties, &c., 280;
ascription of trial by jury to him, 285;
his high claim to veneration, 289;
extent of his acquaintance with Latin, iii. [286];
his declaration of the ignorance of the clergy, [288];
his zeal for learning, ib. [note] n.
Aliens held liable for each other's debts, iii. [336].
Almamùn and Almansor, khalifs of Bagdad, patronage of letters by, ii. 121.