A Popular Manual of English Literature: Containing Outlines of the Literature of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United States of America, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1885 - English literature |
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... gradually developed the lan- Death of Thomas a Becket , 1170 . Exploits of de Lion in the Richard Cour Crusades . [ See Scott's novel , man . " Sir Walter " The Talis- King John signs the Mag- na Charta at Runnymede , ANGLO - SAXON AGE .
... gradually developed the lan- Death of Thomas a Becket , 1170 . Exploits of de Lion in the Richard Cour Crusades . [ See Scott's novel , man . " Sir Walter " The Talis- King John signs the Mag- na Charta at Runnymede , ANGLO - SAXON AGE .
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... death - an the langue d'oil partook more of the Germanic nat- ure . During the eleventh , twelfth , and thirteenth lando Furioso . " with gifts from the Caliph Ha- roun - al - Ras- chid , celebrated in " The Ara- Roland's de- feat by ...
... death - an the langue d'oil partook more of the Germanic nat- ure . During the eleventh , twelfth , and thirteenth lando Furioso . " with gifts from the Caliph Ha- roun - al - Ras- chid , celebrated in " The Ara- Roland's de- feat by ...
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... Eng- Cloth manu- factured from wool . Promulgation of the decree should be ad- that the laws ministered in English instead of French , " Piers the Plowman . " - The great social and 1362 . Four pesti- lences , known as the Black Death ,
... Eng- Cloth manu- factured from wool . Promulgation of the decree should be ad- that the laws ministered in English instead of French , " Piers the Plowman . " - The great social and 1362 . Four pesti- lences , known as the Black Death ,
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... Death , swept from Asia over Greece , Italy , France , and England . Introduction religious movement of the fourteenth century revived the poetical genius of England , which had been , for the most part , dormant since the Norman ...
... Death , swept from Asia over Greece , Italy , France , and England . Introduction religious movement of the fourteenth century revived the poetical genius of England , which had been , for the most part , dormant since the Norman ...
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... death of his parents . Handsome and affable , he was the favorite of the papal court at Avignon , and the idol of so- ciety . In 1327 he first met Laura de Sade , in the Church of St. Claire , at Avignon . She was the wife of a wealthy ...
... death of his parents . Handsome and affable , he was the favorite of the papal court at Avignon , and the idol of so- ciety . In 1327 he first met Laura de Sade , in the Church of St. Claire , at Avignon . She was the wife of a wealthy ...
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