Adonijah, David’s son, 46, 64, 341, 344, 345, 347–351. Agag, king of Amalek, 326. Ahasuerus, Persian king, 237–240, 244. Ahimelech, Hebrew priest, 331–333, 362, 365. Albertus Magnus, medieval schoolman, 2. Ale-springs, 134. Alexander Neckam, medieval scientist, 12, 18. Alfonso the Wise, Spanish king, 31. Amalek, Amalekites, 52, 279, 283, 319, 325, 326, 362. Amasa, Hebrew captain, 346, 351. Amorites, 319, 326. Andenes, headland in Lofoten, 98. Angels, 261–263, 309, 338, 360. Ant, Habits of the, 92. Apples, St. Kevin’s, 113; of knowledge, 252, 253, 255, 264–266. Apulia, Southern Italy, 96, 97. Arctic, Marvels of the, 21, 105, 119–126, 135–141. Armor, 217–220. Arnamagnean collection, 65, 68. Artaxerxes, Persian king, 237. Arthurian legends, 2, 3. Asp, serpent in Paradise, 264. Athens, 309, 310, 312. Augustine, Saint, 40. _Aura_, 172. Bacon, Roger, medieval scientist, 2. Balances of justice, The, 306, 307. Baleen whale, 120. Basking sharks, 122 note. Bathsheba, Uriah’s wife, 323–325, 344, 348–351; _see_ Uriah. 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 faction 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 marvel, 104. Blandina (Slieve Bloom mountains in Iceland), 107. Blom, Otto, Captain in Danish artillery, 32, 62, 63. Blood fine, 61. Blubber-cutters, 119. “Bluemen” (negroes), 30. Börnhoved, 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 _Speculum 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, encyclopedist, 5, 147 note. Cassiodorus, encyclopedist, 5. Castles, Weapons for attacking or defending, 220–226. Cat, siege engine, 221, 222. _Chansons de geste_, 2. Cherubim, 270. Chess, 83, 228.