king’s temporary loss of control over the seal in 1193-4 might be a colourable pretext for getting rid of the discredited instrument at the earliest possible moment, but could in no way account for its repudiation after it had been, without necessity, suffered to remain in use for four years. INDEX Abou Bekr, 251, 256 Achard of Châlus, 325 Acre, Philip arrives at, 145; siege of, 154, 161-162; negotiations for surrender, 162-164; surrender of, 164; discussions about terms, 169-171; slaughter of garrison, 172; disturbances at, 211; capitulation of, 331-332 Aixe taken by Richard, 20 Alfonso II, King of Aragon, 11, 56 Aloysia of France, betrothed to Richard, 9; her promised dowry, 22; disputes about, 25, 62, 67, 72; betrothal renewed, 65, 82; marriage with John proposed, 86; engagement to Richard finally broken off, 136-137; sent back to France, 302; married, 313 Amalric I, king of Jerusalem, 158 Amwas, 233 Andely, 305, 308, 309; disputed between archbishop and king, 309; Richard’s building at, 310-311 Angoulême, disputed succession to, 39-41 Angoulême, Aimar, count of, 39, 41 note 4, 44-45, 74, 297 Angoulême, Elias, count of, 41 note 4 Angoulême, Maud, heiress of, 39 Angoulême, Vulgrin III, count of, 19, 20, 29, 31, 38 Angoulême, William IV, count of, 5, 7, 15, 20, 29, 38 Angoulême, William V, count of, 39, 41 note 4 Anjou, Stephen, seneschal of, 93 Aquitaine, Ralf de Diceto’s description of, 3; its extent and boundaries, 4; risings in, 5, 7, 8; Richard made duke of, 9; its feudal position in 1169, 10; rebels in, 15, 40-44; ravages of Routiers in, 51, 53; end of rebellion, 55-56; Henry proposes to transfer it to John, 50, 60; invaded by John and Geoffrey, 62; Henry II’s dealings with, 65; revolts in, 276, 297; disuse of the name in Richard’s later years, 324 Aragon, Alfonso, king of, _see_ Alfonso Arras besieged by Baldwin of Flanders, 315; relieved by Philip Augustus, _ib._ Arsuf, battle of, 185-188 Arthur of Britanny, _see_ Britanny Ascalon, 177; its importance, 190; razed by Saladin, _ib._; rebuilding of, 209; Richard at, 214; negotiations concerning, 257-259; again dismantled, 260 Aslam, Emir, 235-237 “Assassins,” 301 Athlit, 179 Austria, Leopold, duke of, 166, 330 Auvergne, rival claims upon, 7, 26-27, 94; Richard’s successes in, 315 Bagnara, La, 126 Baldwin IV, king of Jerusalem, 158 Baldwin V, king of Jerusalem, 158 Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, _see_ Canterbury Barres, William des, 78, 79, 135, 138, 179, 187 Bath, Savaric, bishop of, 275 Beauvais, bishop of, captured by Mercadier, 315 Bedr-ed-Din, 230, 257-258 Beit Nuba, 205, 232, 240