Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... century . Several reasons may be alleged for giving to this arrangement the preference over that which is in the order of the alphabet ; and the reader will , perhaps , find it convenient to be able to have recourse to biographical ...
... century . Several reasons may be alleged for giving to this arrangement the preference over that which is in the order of the alphabet ; and the reader will , perhaps , find it convenient to be able to have recourse to biographical ...
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... century , the age in which chiefly the Anglo - Saxon vernacular literature was committed to writing , which shows that they were then popular . As late as the time of the Norman conquest , we are told of * The history of the influence ...
... century , the age in which chiefly the Anglo - Saxon vernacular literature was committed to writing , which shows that they were then popular . As late as the time of the Norman conquest , we are told of * The history of the influence ...
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... century , the mission- aries were treated with respect . They soon made converts rapidly , and the new religion was received even among the princes and nobles with a warmth of zeal which was imparted , more or less , through many ...
... century , the mission- aries were treated with respect . They soon made converts rapidly , and the new religion was received even among the princes and nobles with a warmth of zeal which was imparted , more or less , through many ...
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... century , nor does there occur any mention of such manuscripts before the time of King Alfred - the latter half of the ninth century . Yet , from what Bede says of Cædmon and his imitators , * and from some other circumstances , it ...
... century , nor does there occur any mention of such manuscripts before the time of King Alfred - the latter half of the ninth century . Yet , from what Bede says of Cædmon and his imitators , * and from some other circumstances , it ...
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... century ) when the literature of the Anglo - Saxons was rapidly falling into neglect , many poli- tical songs and poems of all ages , and even some songs composed by Aldhelm four centuries before , were still preserved in the memory of ...
... century ) when the literature of the Anglo - Saxons was rapidly falling into neglect , many poli- tical songs and poems of all ages , and even some songs composed by Aldhelm four centuries before , were still preserved in the memory of ...
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