Benedict XIII. c1328-1423. Antipope 1394-1417. Great Schism.

Bentley, Richard. 1662-1742. English classical scholar. Restored texts. Editions of Horace, Terence, Aesop.

Bérulle, Cardinal Pierre. 1575-1629. Founder of Oratory. ‘French’ school of spiritual thought. Congregation of priests...Lazarites. Congregationalists.

Biedermeier. 1815-35. German bourgeois kitsch style of sentimental art and utilitarian furniture. Circular pedestal table.

Biruni, al-. 973-1048. Arab scholar. Chronology of Ancient Nations.

Bischoff, Theodor. 1807-82. Ger: periodic fertility, 1844.

Bismarck, Otto von. 1815-98. Prince. Prussian Prime Minister 1862-90. Founded German Empire; First Chancellor 1871-90. Provoked Franco-Prussian War. Ems Dispatch. Schleswig.

Blackstone, William. 1723-80. English common law scholar/jurist. Commentaries 1765-9.

Borromeo, St. Charles. 1538-84. Milan Cardinal. First Sunday school, 1580.

Bosch, Hieronymus. 1450-1516. Flemish allegorical moralist painter. Garden of Earthly Delights 1505.

British Virgin Is. Arawak. Carib. 1493 Columbus. 1555 Spain. 1648 Dutch. 1666 British settle. 1960 British Crown Colony.

Brunelleschi, Filippo. 1377-1446. Florentine architect. Dome of Florence Cathedral 1420. Perspective 1415.

Budé, Guillaume. 1467-1540. Humanist, Greek scholar. Founded Collège de France.

Bukhari, al. 810-870. Arab scholar. Collected sayings of Mohammed.

Burgundian. Dominant European musical school in 15C. Dufay.

Burschenschaften. 1815-19. Militant student societies seeking united Germany.

Büsching, Anton. 1724-93. German scientific geographer. New System of Geography 1762.

Caffaro di Caschifellone. c1080-1166. Genoese crusader, wrote chronicles.

Canaletto. 1697-1768. Venetian painter of Venice scenes.

Canova, Antonio. 1757-1822. Venetian graceful Neoclassical sculptor. Tomb of Clement XIII. Orpheus 1779. Daedalus 1779. 3 Graces 1815.

Caravaggist School of Painting. Themes of courtesan, cheaters. e.g. George de la Tour.

Carlsbad Decrees. 1819. Censorship and repressive measures against liberal Burschenschaften.

Cat and Mouse Act. Prisoners Temporary Discharge for Health Act. 1913. Released British suffragettes on hunger strikes.

Cerularius, Michael. c1000-59. Patriarch of Constantinople 1043-58. East-West Schism.

Che. 15C school of Ming painters in 12-13C style.

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