A-Z: General definitions
- Baal
- Babel
- Babylon
- Bacchae
- Bacchanalian
- Bacchantes
- Bacchus
- Back projection
- backslide
- Bakelite
- Balaam
- Baldwin
- Ballad
- Ballad metre
- Banns
- Banquet
- Baptise
- Baptism
- Baptism of Fire
- Baptist Church
- Baptistery
- Bar mitzvah
- Barabbas
- Bard
- Barnabas
- Baroque
- Barren
- Bartimeus
- Basilica
- Bastille
- Bathetic
- Bathos
- Bathsheba
- Battle of the Boyne
- Battle of the Somme
- Battle of Trafalgar
- Bawd
- Bayonet
- Beadle
- Beadsman
- Beast
- Beatific Vision
- Beatified
- Beatitudes
- Beatles
- Bede
- Bedlam
- Beelzebub
- Behemoth
- Belial
A-Z: General definitions: Bastille
Definition
Name of the fortress built in Paris in the 14th century. Later used as a prison and was destroyed at the beginning of the French Revolution.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, resulted in the overthrow of the French monarchy and ultimately helped Napoleon Bonaparte to seize control in 1799.
