Robert the Frisian, Richilde's defiance of, 33; his preparations for revenge, 34; and defeat of Richilde, 54, 55. Rolf the Ganger, benefited by the treaty of Claire-sur-Epte, 21. Roode, Vincent de, 325. Rotbert, 5; his vassalage to Charles the Bald, 6; his position and influence, 8. Roya, the river, 9; its course, 10. Rudolphe of Nesle, his death, 158. S St. Amand's Chapel, 11. Ste. Anne, 407. St. Basil, 99, 100. St. Bertin, the Abbey of, at St. Omer, to which Arnulph acted as abbot, 23. St. Donatian, the Cathedral of, 75. St. Eloi's Church of Our Lady, 11. St. Gilles, additions to the Church of, 306, 407. St. Jacques, the Church of, 306, 407. Ste. Marie Madeleine, 407. St. Mary at Ardenburg, its foundation by Arnulph, 22. St. Peter at Thorhout, its foundation by Arnulph, 22. St. Peter, the Church of, 75. Ste. Walburge, 407. Sanctuary of the Precious Blood, the, 96; its foundation by Count Robert of Jerusalem, 99. Shoemakers' Hall, 309. Sluys, bombardment and capture by English, 217; demand made by Bruges for the surrender of its fleet and town, 232; expulsion of Bruges' burghers from the town, 232, 233; siege raised, 239. Smiths' Chapel, 309. Sohier of Courtrai, his election as regent, 193; his siege, 194. Steeples, 331. Straten, the house of, its feud with the house of Erembald, 41; their flight from Flanders after the murder of Charles the Good, 48; seizure of Bertulph's palace, 63. Stubbs, Dr., his theory regarding a letter addressed from England to Arnulph, 23. Suger, Abbot of St. Denis, his life of Charles the Good, contained in his work on the Acta of Louis the Fat, 40. T Tancmar, head of the house of Erembald, 41. Thémard, Châtelain of Brudburch, his attempt to avenge his master, Charles the Good, and resultant death, 48. Theophilus, the monk, 340. Thorhout, Baldwin's castle there, used to store the relics of St. Donatian, 11. Trees, the, in and near Bruges, 134, 135. V Van Artevelde, 192; prosperity of Flanders under his rule, and agreement with Edward III. of England, 193; his setting out for Bruges from Ghent, 199; triumph over a drunken rabble from Bruges, 200; generous treatment of the conquered town, 201; conditions, 202; and government, 202, 203; death, 203. Van Bassevelde, Sheriff, spokesman of the City Fathers of Bruges, 272. Van der Weyden, 339, 364-7. Van Oudenaerde, Ian, his architecture, 99. Verschelde, his opinion of Gothic architecture, 326. Ville, Hôtel de, 205-7, 306, 398. Vredius, his _Flandrica Ethnica_, 40. W Walbert's life of Charles the Good, 39. Walbert quoted, 60, 61, 68, 69, 71, 77. Walter quoted, 66, 78. Walter of Straten, his refusal to fight Richard of Raeske, 43. Walter, Archdeacon of Tournai, his life of Charles the Good, 39. Walter, the son of the Châtelain of Ardenburg, his execution, 70. Wauters, 337. Weale, Mr., his opinion of Gothic architecture, 326; discovery of frescoes at Bruges, 338.