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Bacon, Roger. 1214-94. English Franciscan monk. Advocated scientific experiment, observation. Alchemist. Formulated gunpowder. Magnifying glass 1250. Opus Majus 1266.Telescope.
Baha’ism. 1863-. Founded by Baha (1817-92), disciple of Bab. Religion advocating world peace, through unification of mankind.
Bakunin, Mikhail. 1814-76. Russian anarchist revolutionary. International movement. Advocated assassination. Dieu et l’état 1871.
Baptism. Purification by water as practised by a wide variety of religions.
Barricades, Day of the. 1588. Paris. Catholic League rebels vs Henry III.
Beaverbrook, Lord. (Maxwell Aitken). 1879-1964. Canadian/British newspaper magnate, politician. Advocated free trade within Commonwealth.
Becket, St. Thomas à. 1118-70. Archbishop of Canterbury 1162-, murdered in Cathedral by Henry II’s knights.
Beerbohm, Max. 1872-1956. English caricaturist, satirist, dandy. Caricatures 1896.
Beghards. 13C. Catholic men’s charitable communities. Condemned 1311.
Béguines. 12C- Belgian Catholic women’s charitables communities. Condemned 1311. Still exist.
Bell Book and Candle. Roman Catholic excommunication.
Bellarmine, St. Robert. 1542-1621. Italian Jesuit defender of RC church vs Protestantism, Copernican theory, heretics. Galileo.
Bellier, Catherine. (One-Eyed Kate). Amply rewarded for bestowing her favours on 16 yr. old Louis XIV.
Benedictines. 529-. RC monastic order. Spread Christianity. Preserved Latin culture.
Bennett, Richard B. 1870-1947. Canadian Conservative Prime Minister 1930-5. Advocated Empire Free Trade. Imperial Conference 1932.
Bernanos, Georges. 1888-1948. French Catholic polemic writer against materialism. Diary of a Country Priest 1937.
Beveridge Report. 1942. Advocated ‘cradle to grave’ social insurance in Britain.
Bleeding Kansas. 1854-59. Antislavery vs Slavery advocates for control of Kansas. Wyandotte Constitution.
Blue Stockings. 1750s French literary salon held by educated women.
Bocskay, István. 1557-1606. Hungarian rebel vs HRE Catholicism. Gained Transylvania from Rudolf II. Vienna Peace, 1606.
Bodin, Jean. 1530-96. French political philosopher. Advocated democratic monarchy.
Bollandists. 1629-. Belgian Jesuits. Update Acta Santorium, (Lives of Roman Catholic saints).
Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.
Boreas. Greek personification of the north wind.
Bowditch, Nathaniel. 1773-1838. US self-educated astronomer, mathematician. New American Practical Navigator 1802.