s, 275;
condition of the ceorls, _ib._;
privileges annexed to their possession of land, 276;
position of the socage tenants, 277;
condition of the British natives, _ib._;
absence of British roots in the English language, 278 and _note_ g;
constitution of the Witenagemot, 279, 374-379;
administration of justice, and divisions of the land for the
purpose, 280;
hundreds and their probable origin, 280, 281, 379-381;
the tything-man and alderman, 282, and 283 _note_ u;
the county court and its jurisdiction, 282;
contemporary report of a suit adjudicated in the reign of Canute, 283,
284 and _note_ y;
trial by jury and its antecedents, 285-288;
introduction of the law of frank-pledge, 289, 290;
turbulence of the Anglo-Saxons, 290;
progress of the system of frank-pledges, 291;
responsibilities and uses of the tythings, 292, 293 and _notes_;
probable existence of feudal tenures before the Conquest, 293-301,
408-410;
observations on the change of the heptarchy into a monarchy, 352-356;
consolidation of the monarchy, 356-358;
condition, of the eorls and ceorls further elucidated, 358-371;
proportion of British natives under the Anglo-Saxon rule, 371-374;
judicial functions of the Anglo-Saxon kings, 381;
analogy between the French and Anglo-Saxon monarchies, 383;
peculiar jurisdiction of the king's court, 384-386.

Anjou (Louis, duke of), seizure of Charles V.'s treasures by, i. 65, 66;
his claim as regent, 68 and _note_;
his attempt on the crown of Naples, and death, 69.
See Charles of Anjou.

Anselm (archbishop), cause of his quarrel with William II. and Henry I.,
ii. 194;
Descartes's argument on the Deity anticipated by him, iii. 428.

Appanages, effect of the system of, i. 88.

Aquinas (Thomas), metaphysical eminence of, iii. 427;
comparative obsoleteness of his writings, 428 _note_ i.

Aquitaine, extent of the dominions so called, i. 116;
character of its people 116, 117;
effect of the wars of the Merovingian kings, 282.

Arabia and the Arabs. See Mohammed.

Aragon, bequest of to the Templars by Alfonso I., and reversal thereof,
ii. 8;
rise of the kingdom in political importance, 39;
struggle for the succession to its crown, 39-41;
points of interest in its form of government, 43;
privileges of its nobles and