A Short History of the Middle Ages Fourth Edition

Basil I, Byzantine emp. (r.867–886), 84
Basil II, Byzantine emp. (r.976–1025), 117 , 119 –21, 123 , 138 , 148 , 158
portrait of, 118
Baudonivia, 28
Bavaria, 101 , 130 , 254
Bayezid I, sultan (r.1389–1402), 287
Beadohild, 72. See also Franks Casket
Becket, Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury (1118–1170), 204
Bede, 65
beggars, 247 , 251 , 278 –79
Beghards, 231
Beguines, 231 –32, 292
Béla IV, king (r.1235–1270), 257
Bellini, Gentile (c.1429–1507), 314
Portrait of Mehmed II, 314 , 315
Benedict Biscop, 58 , 66
Benedict of Aniane (d.821), 99
Benedict, Saint (d.c.550/560), 28
Rule of (c.530–c.560), 28 , 99 , 181 , 186 , 189 , 231
Benedictine Rule. See Benedict, Saint, Rule of
Benevento, 34 , 73
Treaty of (1156), 211
Beowulf, 72
Berbers, 73 , 88 , 124. See also Almohads; Almoravids
Bernard Gui, 252
Bernard, Saint, abbot of Clairvaux (c.1090–1153), 186 , 189 , 192 , 235 , 305
Bernart de Ventadorn (fl. c.1147–1170), 214 –15
Bertran de Born (fl. 2nd half of 12th cent.), 217
Besançon, Diet of (1157), 209
Birth of the Virgin (1342) (Lorenzetti), 261 , 261
Black Death (1346–1353), 284 –86, 300 , 324
Black Sea, 22 –23, 44 , 121 , 241 , 243 , 278 , 284
bloodletting. See medicine
Boethius (d.524/526)
Consolation of Philosophy, 25
Bohemia, 127 , 145 , 148 , 248 , 257 –58, 302 –4
Boleslaw the Brave (r.992–1025), 148