Bolingbroke (earl of Derby and duke of Hereford), made lord appellant, iii. [72];
he sides with the king, [74];
his quarrel with the duke of Norfolk, [79];
advantage taken of it by Richard II., [80] and [note] z;
his accession to the throne, [81].
See [Henry IV].
Bolognese law-schools, iii. [415].
Boniface (St.). See [Winfrid].
Boniface VIII. suspected of fraud towards Celestine V., ii. 228;
his extravagant pretensions, ib. and note;
disregard of his bulls by Edward I., 229;
his disputes with Philip the Fair, 230-232;
success of Philip's stratagem against him, 232;
his death, ib.;
rescindment of his bulls, 233;
Ockham's dialogue against him, 236 note n;
rejection of his supremacy by the English barons, 239.
Boniface IX., elected pope, ii. 242;
his traffic in benefices, 245, 246;
his rapacity in England checked, 250, 251.
Books and booksellers. See [Learning].
Boroughs. See [Municipal Institutions], [Parliament], [Towns].
Braccio di Montone, rivalry of, with Sforza, i. 481.
Brienne (Walter de, duke of Athens), invested with extreme powers in Florence, i. 427;
his tyranny and excesses, 428;
his overthrow, 429.
Britany, origin of the people of, i. 98 and note;
grant of the duchy to Montfort, 99;
its annexation to the crown, 100;
alleged existence of a king of Britany, 103;
right of its dukes to coin money, 206.