Alodial tenure, characteristics of, i. 147, 148 and notes;
converted into feudal tenure, 163;
except in certain localities, 164 and note;
causes of the conversion, 317, 318;
alodial proprietors evidently freemen, 324.
Alvaro de Luna. See [Luna].
Amadeus (duke of Savoy), elected pope, ii. 248.
Amalfi, early commercial eminence of, iii. [328] and [note];
its decline, ib.;
alleged invention of the mariner's compass there, [332] and [note];
discovery of the Pandects, [415].
Amurath I., progresses of the Turkish arms under, ii. 132.
Amurath II., rout of the Hungarians by, ii. 105;
reunion of the Ottoman monarchy under him, 135;
he perfects the institution of the Janizaries, 137.
Anastasius confers the dignity of consulship on Clovis, i. 107;
elucidatory observations thereon, 107-111.
Andalusia, conquest of, by Ferdinand III., ii. 9.
Andrew of Hungary married to Joanna of Naples, i. 486;
his murder imputed to Joanna, ib.
Anglo-Normans. See [England].