A Short History of the Middle Ages Fourth Edition

Alexander III, pope (1159–1181), 211
Alexandria, 6 –7, 46 , 53
Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emp. (r.1081–1118), 159 , 170 –71
Alfonso III, king of Asturias (r.866–910), 93 , 96
Alfonso VI, king of Castile and León (r.1065–1109), 175
Alfonso VIII, king of Castile (r.1158–1214), 207
Alfonso IX, king of León (r.1188–1230), 253
Alfonso X, king of Castile (r.1252–1284), 253
Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (r.871–899), 129 , 135 , 137 –39, 144
genealogy, 138
Ali, caliph (d.661), 56 , 87 , 124 , 127
Alighieri, Dante (1265–1321)
Commedia (Divine Comedy), 267
al-khurs. See army/armies
Almohads, 158 , 197 –98
Almoravids, 158 , 170 , 175 , 197
Alp Arslan, sultan (r.1063–1073), 157 –58
Amalfi, 163
Ambrose, Saint, bishop of Milan (339–397), 11 , 18 , 28
Americas, 244 , 289 , 323 , 329. See also New World
Anagni, 259
Anatolia, 22 , 44 , 45 , 80 –81, 119 , 120 , 155 , 157 –59, 170 –71, 200 , 288
Andalus, al-/Andalusia, 93 –96, 98 , 123 , 125 , 127 , 135 , 158 , 167 , 175 , 197 –98, 207 , 214
Angevins, 212 , 289
of England, genealogy, 202
of Naples, 259
Anglo-Saxon language (or Old English), 137
Anglo-Saxons, 24 , 58 , 66 , 72 –73, 129 , 137
Anjou, 207
Anna Dalassena (d.c.1102), 159
Annunciation, 263 –64, 275 , 317
in Columba Altarpiece, 318
definition of, 334
in Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux, 264
anointment, 73 , 97
Anselm of Bec (or Canterbury), Saint (1033–1109), 174 –75, 178 , 305
Monologion, 179