Bissarion, Cardinal, speech of, [iii. 172].

Bithynia, hostilities in, between the Crusaders and the Turks, [ i. 99] et seq.

Blanche, queen-regent of France, [ ii. 350].

Accompanies her son, Louis IX., on the outset of his crusade, [ ii. 368].

Death of, and grief of Louis IX., [ ii. 475].

Blois, count of, obtains possession of Bithynia, [ ii. 162].

Is slain, [ ii. 167].

Anecdote of his devoted heroism, [iii. 298].

Blondel, the minstrel, emancipates Richard I. from imprisonment, [iii. 406] (App.).

Bohemond, prince of Tarentum, one of the leaders of the Crusaders, [ i. 84].