Benedictines, exemplary agricultural labours of the, iii. [360] [note] n.
Benefices, grants of land so called, i. 159;
conditions annexed to them, ib.;
their extent, 160 and note;
their character under Charlemagne and Louis the Debonair, 313;
views of various writers concerning their nature, 313-315;
character of hereditary benefices, 320;
their regenerative effects upon the French people, ib.
Benevolences, by whom first levied in England, iii. [200].
Berenger I. and II. See [Italy].
Bermudo III. (king of Leon), killed in battle, ii. 4.
Bernard (grandson of Charlemagne), deprived of sight by judicial sentence, i. 14.
Berry (duke of), appointed guardian of Charles VI., i. 65;
his character, 69.
Bianchi. See [Superstitions].
Bianchi and Neri, factions of, i. 402;
iii. [445].
Bigod (Roger, earl of Norfolk), patriotism of, iii. [2].