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... to the sub- urbs of Canterbury . The diffusion of Christianity , like the progress of civi- lization generally , has usually followed a western direc- tion ; and this tendency may be traced even in 8 CANTERBURY , AND THE WORSHIP.
... to the sub- urbs of Canterbury . The diffusion of Christianity , like the progress of civi- lization generally , has usually followed a western direc- tion ; and this tendency may be traced even in 8 CANTERBURY , AND THE WORSHIP.
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Reinhold Pauli. tion ; and this tendency may be traced even in regard to details in the ruined buildings of Canterbury . A short distance outside the city walls rises another elevation , on which the ruins of an ecclesiastical building ...
Reinhold Pauli. tion ; and this tendency may be traced even in regard to details in the ruined buildings of Canterbury . A short distance outside the city walls rises another elevation , on which the ruins of an ecclesiastical building ...
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... tion of field labour . In their mode of cultivating the soil they followed the practices adopted in the warmer and more systematically tilled lands of the South . They soon engaged the services of the natives of the vicinity , and ...
... tion of field labour . In their mode of cultivating the soil they followed the practices adopted in the warmer and more systematically tilled lands of the South . They soon engaged the services of the natives of the vicinity , and ...
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... tion of monastic discipline at Ely , Peterborough , Hyde , Thorney , and many other places . These renovations were imperative , if the monastic institutions were to be adapted to the great changes of the eleventh century ; and they may ...
... tion of monastic discipline at Ely , Peterborough , Hyde , Thorney , and many other places . These renovations were imperative , if the monastic institutions were to be adapted to the great changes of the eleventh century ; and they may ...
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... tion in the State . The stipulation by which these rights are secured is comprised in the clause which guarantees that , besides the prelates , earls , and greater barons , all other free men holding in chief under the Crown must be ...
... tion in the State . The stipulation by which these rights are secured is comprised in the clause which guarantees that , besides the prelates , earls , and greater barons , all other free men holding in chief under the Crown must be ...
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