India, Alfred sends alms to, 65, 66, 99, 134;
first recorded instance of relations between England and, 134.
Ingulf, abbot of Croyland, Chronicle of, a forgery, but contains genuine
traditions, 66, 99.
Ingwar, Danish chief, 104.
Ireland, Alfred said to have been sent to, 62;
a good country for hunting, 83 _n._;
relations of Alfred with, 129, 131-2;
love of pilgrimage in Church of, 131-2;
relations of Charles the Great with, 131 _n._
Jacopone, his poem De Contemptu Mundi, 178.
Jehan de Meun, two French translations of Boethius’ Consolatio ascribed
to, 190.
Jerusalem, Alfred said to have sent alms to, 65;
three ‘Scots’ go to, 132;
account of pilgrimages to, 132-4;
Charles the Great founds a hospice and library at, 133;
patriarchs of, _see_ Elias, Theodosius.
Joan of Arc, Alfred compared with, 107.
John, king of England, character of, by Stubbs, 2.
John the Old Saxon, abbot of Athelney, 66 _n._, 137;
John Scotus Erigena confused with, 7;
military skill of, 16, 66 _n._;
brought to England by Alfred, 17, 137;
two of his monks try to murder, 129, 137;
helps Alfred with the Pastoral Care, 138, 143 _n._
John VIII, Pope, letter of, to Abp. Æthelred, 127-8.
John Scotus Erigena, commonly confused with John the Old Saxon, 7.
Joinville, his biography of St. Louis, 202.
Judith, second wife of Louis the Pious, 80.
Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, marriage with Æthelwulf, 17, 78,
80 _n._;
alleged marriage with Æthelbald, 17, 52, 76 _n._, 80.
Kenny Castle, _see_ Cynwit.
Kent, kings of, _see_ Æthelberht, Eadbald;
under-kings of, _see_ Æthelberht, Æthelwulf, Athelstan;
was Alfred ever under-king of? 74;
makes a separate agreement with the Danes, 87.
Langtoft, confusions of, 65.
Latin, the sole vehicle of Western mediaeval culture, 81, 82, 136;
decline of, in England, 82, 139, 140;
influence of, on early vernacular prose, 171.
Law, character of Anglo-Saxon, 121-2.
Lea, R., Danes fortify themselves on, but are forced to retire from,
117-8.
Leicester, confused with Chester, 9 _n._;
bishop of, _see_ Werebert.
Leigh, near Westbury, Wilts., Alfred advances to, 102.
Leo IV, Pope, letter of, to Æthelwulf, 70, 72;
confirms and anoints Alfred, 71-4, 76;
fortifies the Leonine suburb, 77;
his death, 76.