The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century (52 page)

barons. See noblemen

barrels, butts, casks,
24
,
30
,
138
,
139
,
146
,
151
,
162
,
179
,
184
. See also butteries

barter,
98

Bartholomew the Englishman,
74

bartons,
32

basins,
147
,
149
,
150
,
151
,
158
,
162
,
165
,
197
–98,
200
,
287

baskets,
166
,
184

Bath,
252
,
297

Bath and Wells, diocese of,
296

baths and bathing,
119
,
156
, 196–99,
201

of face,
197

of feet,
146
,
197

hair. See hair; of hands,
90
,
162
,
164
,
181
,
197

medicinal baths,
207
,
211

of mouth,
90

public stews,
20
,
198

surgical,
214
. See
also
basins; cleaning; ewers; Order of the Bath

bats heads,
212

Battle Abbey,
273
,
296

Battle of the Thirty,
258

beans. See vegetables bearbaiting,
61
,
262

beards,
110
–11,
211
,
213
,
253
,
271
,
301

bears,
212
,
251

Beauchamp, Richard (d. 1471), Earl of Warwick, 265

Beauchamp, Thomas (d. 1369), Earl of Warwick, 155

Beaufort, Henry,
309

Beaufort, John, marquis of Dorset, 295-96

beavers,
106
,
184

Becket, Thomas. See St. Thomas

bedbugs. See parasites

bedchambers,
146
–47,
148
,
153
,
155
,
161
–62,
163
,
164
–65,
166
,
261
,
280

Bedfordshire,
33
,
218

beds and bedding,
93
,
101
,
119
,
132
,
134
,
141
,
143
–47,
157
,
158
,
161
,
165
,
166
,
189
,
211

with baldaquins,
157
,
158

bedspreads,
161
,
164

blankets,
132
,
150
,
161
,
164
,
165

curtains for,
156
,
157
,
158
,
161
,
304

featherbeds,
149
,
150
,
152
,
161

half-testers,
151

mattresses for,
13
,
147
,
150
,
153
,
154
,
164
,
166

Norfolk 158

pillows,
132
,
161
,
164

rugs,
134
,
157
,
158

sheets,
132
,
150
,
151
,
154
,
161
,
164
,
165
,
211

silk beds,
157
,
158

tapets (carpets),
150
,
157
,
158
,
165

worsted beds,
151
,
158
. See also hammocks

beef. See meat

beer,
86
,
174

beggars, begging,
8
,
43
,
53
,
144
,
181
,
229
,
279
,
293
. See also paupers; vagrants

Bel, Jean le,
275

Bellers, Roger,
241

bells,
230
,
232
,
248
–49,
255

Canterbury,
267

church,
19
,
84
–85,
92
,
204
passing bells,
306

lepers,
103
,
204
. See also clocks; time

belts. See clothes

benches. See furniture

Benedict XI,
44

Benedict XII,
187
,
188

Benedictines,
46
,
47
,
67
,
188
,
197

Benefit of the Clergy,
235
,
243
–15

Bennyng, Roger,
248

Berkeley Castle,
133
,
155
,
213

Berkeley, Thomas,
41
,
155
,
213

Berkshire,
308

Bernard the Fool,
247

Berry Pomeroy Castle,
34

Berwick-on-Tweed, 97,
106
,
257

betrothal,
38

Bever, Hugh le,
149
,
150
–51,
238
,
303

Beverley 11,
252
,
269

Bewcastle,
34

Bible, the,
54
,
55
,
58
, 79,
118
Book of Revelations. See also books

birds,
116
,
261

blackbirds,
182

songbirds,
134
,
247
. See also hunting; poultry; wildfowl

Birkenhead Priory,
152

bishops,
19
,
20
,
42
,
43
–44,
68
,
81
, 97,
143
,
243

household size,
159

longevity of,
39

palaces (see palaces); precedence over earls,
296

suffragan,
43
–44. See also individual dioceses

Black Canons. See Augustinians

Black Death. See plague

Black Friars. See Dominicans

Black Monks. See Benedictines

Black Prince. See Edward of Woodstock

blacksmiths,
10
,
93
,
161

Blanche of Lancaster.
See
Lancaster

blankets.
See
beds and bedding

Blemmyae,
73

bloodletting.
See
surgery

boar, wild,
27
,
259

boats.
See
ships and boats

Boccaccio, Giovanni,
284

Bodiam Castle,
34
,
154
,
155
,
303

bodkin,
132

Bodmin,
227
–28

Bohemia,
71
,
106
,
110
,
132
,
258

Bohun family, Earls of Hereford,
273

Bohun, Mary de,
251

Bologna,
194

Bolton Castle,
303

bondmen, bondwomen,
41
,
49
,
59
.
See also
villeins

bonesetting,
213
,
214

Boniface VIII,
44

books,
272
–88

Aimeric de Narbonne
,
272

Alexander the Great, Life of
,
273

Anelida and Arcite
,
285

antiphonals,
158
,
272

apocalypses,
272

Arabic writing,
276

Arthur and Merlin
,
273
.
See also
Arthur, King

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
,
274

Auchinleck manuscript,
273

The Babees Book
,
298
,
304

Battle Abbey Roll
,
273

Bibles,
80
,
149
,
217
,
272
.
See also

Bible, the Boke of Nurture,
298

Book of
the
Duchess
,
119
,
284

Breton lays,
277

Brut
,
108
,
275
–76

Canterbury Tales. See Canterbury Tales; Cleanliness
,
280
,
282

Confessio Amantis
,
278
,
288

cookery books,
185

The Deedsof Arthur
,
272

Deeds of Fulk Fitzwarin
,
273

encyclopaedia,
74

Floris and Blanchflour
,
273

Gawain
poet,
280
–83,
292

graduais,
158
,
272

Guy of Warwick
,
273

Handling Sin
,
277

Hector of Troy
,
273

historical,
149
,
272
–73,
275
–76.
See also
chronicles and chroniclers

History of Normandy
,
272

Hours,
272

House of Fame
,
284
,
288

How the Good Wife Taught Her Daughter
,
61
–62,
298

In Praise of Women
,
273

law,
234

medical,
214

Mirourde I Omme
,
278

missals,
158
,
272

Orpheus and Euridice,
273

Parliament of Fowls
,
284
–85

Patience
,
280
,
282

Pearl
,
280
,
281
,
282
,
283

Perceval and Gawain
,
272

Piers Plowman
,
172
–73,
279

poetry 275,
277
–88

Polychronicon
,
276

prayer,
272

psalters,
158
,
301
,
304

religious,
273

Richard the Lionheart, Life of,
273

Robin Hood, tales of,
240
,
274
–75

Roman de la Rose (Romance of the Rose)
,
273
,
277
,
280

Romance of Lancelot
,
273

romances,
149
,
161
,
272
–73,
276
,
280

Sayings of the Four Philosophers
,
273

Second Shepherds’ Play
,
263

sermons,
272

Seven Sages of Rome
,
273
Sir Degari
,
273
,
277

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
,
277
,
280
,
282
–83

Sir Launfal
,
277

Sir Orfeo
,
273
,
277

Sir Tristrem (Tristan and Isolda)
,
272
,
273
,
277

Smithfield Decretals,
301

Stans Puer ad Mansam,
298

travel.
See
Mandeville, John; Polo, Marco

Trésor
,
272

Troilus and Criseyde
,
263
,
285

Trojan War
,
272

Vox Clamantis
,
278

Winner and Waster,
280
.
See also individual authors

boots.
See
shoes

Bordeaux,
71
,
136
,
139
,
179

borough ordinances.
See
town ordinances

Boston,
11
,
71
,
138
,
140
,
149
,
260
,
302

bowls,
90
,
132
,
158
,
166
,
181
,
254

bowls (game of),
229
,
263

bows,
39
,
120
,
121
,
123
,
257
,
263
,
266
.
See also
archers; crossbows

boys,
8
,
38
,
52
,
58
,
67,
69
,
159
,
161
,
162
,
164
,
182
,
183
,
203
,
262
.
See also
children

Brabant, duke of,
77

Bradburn Gang,
242

braies.
See
clothes

Brancepeth Castle,
303
brass.
See
metal

bread,
90
,
95
,
149
,
154
,
164
,
168
,
170
,
176
,
178
,
179
,
188
,
200
,
228
–30,
279
,
286
,
304

Assize of,
170
,
178
,
230

barley,
170

beans and bran,
172
.
See also
horsebread

breadcrumbs,
171
,
181
,
183
,
188

cocket,
185

horsebread,
170
,
233

oatcakes,
164
,
170
,
172

pain demain
,
185

rye,
168
,
170
,
176
,
185
,
209
,
307