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Articles from the 1911 Encyclopedia beginning with the letter B
Entries from the 1911 Encyclopedia beginning with the letter B.
Roger Bacon
In Paris, Bacon acquired considerable renown, took the degree of doctor of theology, and seems to have received the
complimentary title of doctor mirabilis.
Bailiff
Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offices and duties
vary greatly.
Baldwin I of Edessa
Baldwin was originally
a clerk in orders, and held several prebends; but in 1096 he joined the
first crusade.
Baldwin I of Romania
Baldwin was one of the most prominent leaders of the fourth crusade, and became the first Latin emperor of the East Roman empire.
Baldwin II of Edessa
Baldwin II. had much of
the churchmanship of Godfrey and Baldwin I.; but he appears most
decidedly as an incessant warrior.
Baldwin II of Romania
The realm which Baldwin
governed was little more than Constantinople.
Baldwin III
Baldwin III came to the throne at a time when the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem may be said to be slowly
declining.
Baldwin IV
The problems of the reign of Baldwin
IV. may be said to have been two - his sister Sibylla and the fiery
Raynald of Chatillon.
Baliol
Baliol was the name of a family which played an important part in the
history of Scotland.
John Ball
John Ball was an English priest who took a prominent part in the peasant revolt.
Confession of Basel
The Confession of Basel was one of the many statements of faith produced by
the Reformation.
Council of Basel
The Council of Basel was set for 1431, but low attendance and heretical activity triggered numerous difficulties.
Bastide
The term Bastide was applied to the fortified towns founded in south-western France in the
middle ages.
The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry has been described as The noblest monument in the world relating to our old English
history.
Thomas Becket
Thomas Becket was English chancellor and archbishop of
Canterbury under Henry II.
Bede
Almost all
that we know of Bede is contained in the short autobiographical notice which he
has appended to his Ecclesiastical History.
Belisarius
Belisarius was one of the most famous generals of the
later Roman empire
Benedict
Popes named Benedict through the Middle Ages.
Saint Benedict of Nursia
It is
possible to reconstruct the outlines of St Benedict's career from St Gregory's Dialogues.
Benedictines
The Benedictines, or Black Monks, were monks living according to the Rule of St
Benedict of Nursia.
Beowulf
The epic of Beowulf, the most precious relic of Old English,
and, indeed, of all early Germanic literature, has come down to us in a
single MS.
Bernard of Chartres
Bernard of Chartres maintained that ideas are really existent and are laid up for ever in
the mind of God.
Saint Bernard
Bernard's desire to enter a monastery was opposed
by his relations, but his resolution to become a
monk was not shaken.
Berserker
In Scandinavian mythology, Berserker was the name of the
twelve sons of the hero Berserk, grandson of the eight-handed Starkadder
and Alfhilde.
Blanche of Castile
Blanche served as regent of France for her husband as well as her son, the future Louis IX.
Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian author, whose
Decameron is one of the classics of literature.
Bogomils
Bogomils is the name of an ancient religious community which had its
origin in Bulgaria.
Ann Boleyn
Anne had no
intention of being the king's mistress; she meant to be his queen, and
her conduct seems to have been governed entirely by motives of ambition
