Boy Popes.
This title is given to John XII, who was elected Pope in 956, at the age of eighteen, and Benedict IX, who was Pope from 1033 to 1044, having been chosen at the age of ten.
Boyars.
In early Russian history, the large landowners, under the authority of the great princes who ruled the various Principalities into which Russia was divided.
Boycotting.
One of the weapons employed by the Irish Land League, in its campaign against the landlords. It consists in ostracizing the person aimed at, and forbidding any one to deal with or work for him, or supply his wants. Its first victim was Captain Boycott, the agent of the Earl of Erne in 1880, and from his name the word is derived.
Boys.
The name given by Walpole to the party of young Whigs, under William Pitt, who acted with the “Patriots” in 1733.
Braemar Gathering.
See Hunting of Braemar.