Baldwin (_Bras-de-fer_), 69, 74 Second, 70 King of Edessa, 73 Count of Hainault and Flanders, 73 Fifth, Count of Flanders, 75 Sixth, Count of Flanders, 76, 78 Bataille, Nicolas, 171, 173 Bates, Mr. Lindon W., 412 Baudouin, Prince, 119 Bavaria, John of, 185 Bayard, 348-350 Rock of, 348 Beauvais, 170 Beeckmans (the), 389 Beernaert, Minister of State, 35 Beers, van, 210 Beethoven, 52 Béguinage in Ghent, 146, 237 in Bruges, 238 Belgica, 66, 67 Bel, Jean le, 209 Beloeil, 332, 334-335 Berryer, M., 35 Beughems, de (the), 13, 389 Beuken, 372 Biefve, Edouárd, 202 Black Prince, 83 Blanc-Grin, 204 Blondel, 17 Blücher, 104 Bodel, Jean, 208 Boehn, von, 368 "Boerenbonden," 135 Boitsfort, 58 Boma, 118 Borinage, the, 140, 335 Bosel, 379 Bouvignes, 353 "Brabançonne," the, 210, 381 Brabant, 18, 58, 80, 84, 87, 142 Governor of, 8 Braekeleer, Henri de, 203 Brant, Isabella, 194 Braquenié, Brothers, 166 Brederode, de, 95 Breuil, du, 173 Brieux, 378 Broqueville, Baron de, 137 Bruges, 17, 18, 68, 70, 74, 75, 80, 81, 84, 90, 93, 98, 99, 111, 162, 180, 185, 187, 238-242 Belfry of, 240 Brussels, 2, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 85, 100, 119, 162, 163, 164, 230, 331, 342, 356, 364-365, 378, 382, 388, 389, 416, 418 life in, 43-64 Buelow, von, 368 Buisseret, Comte de, 2 Caroline de, 7, 24 Burgundian Sacraments, 159, 189 Burgundy, dukes of, 18, 89 (county of), 92, 99 (duchy of), 86, 92 C Cæsar, 65, 259 Calais, 83, 87, 88, 371, 380, 426 Calvé, 53 Cambre, Parc de la, 58, 59 Bois de la, 62 Cassel, victory of, 79 Cats, le Vieux, 209 Caxton, William, 240 Cercle du Parc, 38 "Chambers of Rhetoric," 208 "Chansons des Saxons," 208 Charlemagne, 16, 68, 74, 243, 341, 343, 348, 349, 350 Charleroi, 139, 342, 363, 374 Charles V, 18, 92, 93, 94, 159, 209, 263 Charles the Rash, 91, 160, 170, 172, 187 Prince, of Lorraine, 101 the Sixth (of France), 84 the Seventh (of France), 89 Prince, of Hohenzollern, 120 the Bald, 69 Charles Theodore (of Bavaria), 25 Charlotte, Princess, 108 (Empress), 108 Chasseurs, 61 Christianity, 58, 69 Church, the, 71, 79, 130, 132, 151 Ciergnon, 120, 346 Ciney, cow of, 351-353 Cinquantenaire, the, 61 Palais du, 60 Museum, 119 Clary, Comtesse, 24 Clémentine, 109, 110 Clericals (political party), 112, 127-130, 133-135, 137 Clovis, King of the Franks, 67, 68, 69 Colbert, 171 Cologne, 17 Comans and Planche, 171, 173 Commission for Relief in Belgium, the (American), 412, 420 Congo State, the, 114-119 Museum, 51, 119