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| Joachim of Fiore (c. 1135-1202), 222 |
| Joan of Arc, St ( 1412-31), 300, 308 |
| Joanna 'la Beltraneja' (b. 1462), 263 |
| John, abbot of Gorze (d. 974), 129 |
| John I Tzimisces, Byzantine emperor (d. 976), 211 -12 |
| John II Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (d. 1143), 170 |
| John V Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor ( 1332-91), 242, 251 -2 |
| John VI Cantacuzene, Byzantine emperor ( 1292?-1383), 241 -2 |
| John, duke of Bedford (d. 1435), 291 |
| John ('the Fearless'), duke of Burgundy ( 1371-1419), 252, 291, 316 |
| John, king of England ( 1167-1216), v, 160, 325 |
| John II ('the Good'), king of France ( 1319-64), 289, 290 |
| John VII, pope (d. 707), 54 |
| John VIII, pope (d. 882), 21 |
| John XII, pope (d. 964), 176 |
| John XXII, pope (d. 1334), 288, 309, 321 |
| John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster ( 1340-99), 279 |
| John Gualberto, St (c. 990-1073), 183 |
| John Lascaris, ruler of Nicaea (d. 1260), 241 |
| John of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia ( 1296-1346), 281 |
| John of Salisbury (d. 1180), 200 |
| John III Vatatzes, ruler of Nicaea (d. 1254), 239 |
| Joseph, Irish scholar. (fl. 780s), 97 |
| jousting, 320 |
| Juana, see Joanna |
| Judicael, king of Brittany (fl. 630), 87 |
| justice, administration of, 36 -7 see also law |
| Justin I, Byzantine emperor ( 450-527), 6 |
| Justinian I (Flavius Anicius Justinianus), Byzantine emperor (c. 482-565), viii, 6 - 8, 9, 30, 34, 41, 44, 46, 49 |
| Jutes, 63 |
| Kairouan ( Tunisia), 24, 213 |
| Kalavun, Mamluk sultan (fl. 1281), 245 |
| Karlštejn castle, Bohemia, 279 |
| Kent, 72, 73, 83 conversion of, 72 -3 |
| Khwarazm, Muslim state, 244 |
| Kiev, 107, 141 |
| Killian, Irish missionary (d.c. 700), 74 |
| kingship, 160 -1, 281 -3 | Anglo-Saxon, 78, 83 -4; crusader, 204 -8; English, 277 ; Frankish, 78, 79 - 80, 85 -9, 93 ; French, 125, 152, 160 -1, 276, 277 -8, 283 -94; Germanic, 37, 125 -7, 133 -4, 137 -8, 149 -50, 277, 280 ; Irish, 78, 80, 82 -3, 85, 95 ; Spanish, 125, 277 | | crowning and anointing, 93, 277 -8, 289 | | emblems of, 276 -8, 283 | | and law, 77 | | see also Christianity, church and state |
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| knighthood, 117 -18, 193, 326 | chivalric orders, 321 | | see also feudalism; Military Orders |
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| Knights Hospitaller, 209, 309 |
| Knights of Our Lady of Montjoie, 209 |
| Knights of St John the Baptist, 209 |
| Knights Templar, 209, 308 |
| Kossovo, battle of ( 1389), 251 |
| Krak des Chevaliers Hospitaller castle, 245 |
| Krum, Bulgar Khan (d. 814), 17 |