Vatican, the, Second General Council of the Church at 655
Veils, family of Anglo-Norman merchants 309, 310, 312
Venice, Venetians 3, 55, 179–81, 201, 402, 424, 440, 608, 615–16, 626–7, 631, 634–5, 706, 718, 727–8, 817, 820, 830, 837, 845, 854, 862–3, 866, 871
crusade of (1122–5) 265–6, 516
and Fourth Crusade 495, 501, 511–33, 537–56, 639
Treaty of (1201) 509, 510–16, 520–21, 540, 542
Vetheman of Roskilde, confraternity of 256
Vezelay 432
assembly at (1146) 276, 278–80, 489
agreement of (1190) 440, 442, 450, 453
Vienna, siege of (1529) 873
Vienne, General Council of the Church at (1311–12) 816, 829, 837, 841
Vikings 4, 15, 22, 37, 38, 39, 40, 147, 162, 380–81
Vincent of Prague 308, 336
visions 139, 143–6, 152, 156, 618–19
Vladimir, prince of Kiev 10
Volkmar, crusade leader 80, 99
Waleran of Wavrin 859
Wales, preaching tour of 1188 385–6, 396
Walo of Chaumont-en-Vexin 107
Walter of Boissy Sans Avoir (‘the Penniless’) 79, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99
Walter of Brienne 516
Walter the Chancellor, of Antioch, chronicler 195
Walter FitzWaleran of Breteuil 95, 97
Walter von der Vogelweide 351, 478–9
Welf IV, duke of Bavaria 171, 174
Welf VI, duke of Bavaria 282, 287, 288, 292
Wenceslas, king of Bohemia 10
Wends, western Baltic Slavs 263, 292–3, 674, 676–81
Wibald, abbot of Stavelot and Corvey 292, 293, 307, 333, 680
William, archbishop of Tyre 52, 195, 209–11, 212–40 passim, 328, 330, 333–4, 337, 343 et seq., 351, 357, 358–9, 361, 641, 913
William, archdeacon of Paris, preacher and engineer 586, 595, 608
William, bishop of Orange 115, 145
William, ‘the Carpenter’, viscount of Melun 87, 107, 138
William, patriarch of Jerusalem 278
William I, count of Holland 627
William I, king of England 17, 44, 64, 83, 84, 116
William I, king of Sicily 251
William II, count of Nevers 171, 172, 174, 186
William II, king of England 76, 116
William II, king of Sicily 237, 374, 376, 382, 394, 402, 424, 434, 441–2
William III, marquis of Montferrat, the Elder 298, 323, 365, 371, 405, 517
William IX, duke of Aquitaine 171, 172, 173, 174–5
William of Auvergne, bishop of Paris 772
William of Beaujeu, master of the Temple 720, 821
William Brewer, bishop of Exeter 648, 744–5, 748, 752
William Caxton, printer 886
William Clito, count of Flanders 252, 255
William Ferrers, earl of Derby 412, 432
William FitzMarquis 108, 112
William of Forz 760, 768
William of Grandmesnil 114
William Hugh of Monteil 156
William-Jordan, count of Cerdagne and count of Tripoli 196–7
William the Lion, king of Scotland 382
William Longchamp, chancellor of England 393, 453, 466
William Longspee, crusader and cult figure 787, 792–3, 802, 908
William of Malmesbury, chronicler 64
William Marshal 392
William of Montferrat, the Younger 341, 360, 363, 517
William of Newburgh, chronicler 472–3
William of Norwich, blood libel of 283
William of Preaux 234
William Ricau, engineer 155
William of Rubruck, OP 798
William of Savoy, cardinal and legate 704
William of Tripoli, OP 815
William of Tudela, verse chronicler 591
William of Warenne, earl of Surrey 280, 295, 322
Winrich of Kniprode, master of Teutonic Knights 707
Wolfker of Kuffern 32
Xerigordo, disaster at (1096) 98, 119
Yaghisiyan, governor of Antioch 135, 141, 142
Ya ‘qub, Almohad leader 488
York, Jewish massacre in (1190) 438–9
Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Almoravid ruler 272, 661
Zacharias, pope 5
Zara, and Fourth Crusade 501, 519, 524, 527–33, 539, 540, 541–2, 594
Zaragoza 658–9, 664
