Bundschuh.
A peasant revolt in Germany in 1502.
Burgage.
The tenure by which burgesses of towns held their lands. It was similar to socage.
Burgfrieden.
A confederation of the cities of the Rhine, formed for commercial purposes, circ. 1255.
Burgher Senate.
A council of six members, established at the Cape in 1796, after the capture of that Colony by the English. Its duties were to advise the Governor in matters of internal administration. It was abolished in 1828.
Burgos, Laws of.
A code of laws regulating the employment of Indian labour in the Spanish-American Colonies, promulgated at Burgos in 1572.