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INDEX 



Beaked whale, 120, 123. 



Beams used in warfare, 216, 224, 



225. 

 Beard, how trimmed and worn 



at court, 182. 

 Bearded seal, 140. 

 Bears in Greenland, 143. 

 Beasts, Instincts of, 91, 92, 111, 



112. 

 Bede, medieval writer, 5, 16 



note, 18, 20, 147 note, 257 



note. 

 Beluga, a sort of whale, 120 



note. 

 Benaiah, Hebrew captain, 344, 



345, 351, 352. 

 Bengjerd (Berengaria), Danish 



queen, 31. 

 Bergen, 26, 46. 

 Bernard, Saint, 257 note. 

 Bethany, Hebrew town, 289. 

 Bethlehem, Hebrew town, 329. 

 Birchshanks, anti-clerical fac- 

 tion in Norway, 37, 52, 61, 



63, 64. 

 Birds, Joy of, at coming of 



spring, 90, 91. 

 Birger, Swedish earl, 4, 30. 

 Birka, old Swedish town, 82 



note. 

 Bishops, Political claims of, 36- 



38, 55; 



hostile to the monarchy, 40, 



47,54; 



subordinate to the king, 174, 

 175,352,353,364-366; 



authority of, 358, 359, 363- 



366; 



mention of, 117, 178, 241, 



280, 281, 291, 294, 325, 326, 

 331, 344, 345. 



Bjarkey code, a municipal law, 

 81. 



Bjarkudal bog, Norwegian mar- 

 vel, 104. 



Blandina (Slieve Bloom moun- 

 tains in Iceland), 107. 



Blom, Otto, Captain hi Danish 

 artillery, 32, 62, 63. 



Blood fine, 61. 



Blubber cutters, 119. 



" Bluemen " (negroes), 30. 



Bornhoved, Battle of, 3. 



Brattices, 222. 



Breastplate, 219. 



Breeches for mounted warriors, 

 219. 



Breeding, Good, 227-229. 



Brendan, Irish saint, 125 note. 



Brenner, Otto, editor of Specu- 

 lum Regale, 69. 



"Briar," weapon for defense, 223. 



British Isles, 29. 



Broadax, 215. 



CAAING whale, 119. 



Caesar, Christ's submission to, 

 43, 248, 249. 



Cain, 330, 363. 



Caltrop, device used in warfare, 

 215. 



Cap, hat, or coif, When not to 

 wear a, 182, 184, 227. 



Capella, Martianus, encyclope- 

 dist, 5, 147 note. 



Cassiodorus, encyclopedist, 5. 



Castles, Weapons for attacking 

 or defending, 220-226. 



