Bills. See [Parliament].
Birth, privileges of. See [Nobility].
Bishops. See [Church], [Clergy].
Blanchard (Alain), unjustifiable execution of, i. 84.
Blanche of Castile, acts as regent during the minority of Louis IX., i. 30;
quells the rebellion of the barons, ib.;
instance of her undue influence over Louis, 32.
Boccaccio, occasion of the Decamerone of, i. 57;
appointed to lecture on Dante, iii. [448].
Boccanegra (Simon), first doge of Genoa, story of the election of, i. 451.
Bocland, nature of, ii. 294, 408.
Bohemia, nature of its connection with Germany, ii. 100;
its polity, 101;
the Hussite controversy and its results, 102, 103.
Bohun (Humphrey, earl of Hereford), patriotism of, iii. [2].