Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... monks they became so many black demons and mischievous hobgoblins . * 8. That the early romances continued to be popular throughout the Anglo - Saxon period , is proved by many circumstances . Indeed their heroes were in most instances ...
... monks they became so many black demons and mischievous hobgoblins . * 8. That the early romances continued to be popular throughout the Anglo - Saxon period , is proved by many circumstances . Indeed their heroes were in most instances ...
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... class of writings is not of a very high order , for the task of composing them had passed out of the hands of the poets into those of the monks . 10. We may naturally suppose , indeed , that , 28 [ Introd . MISCELLANEOUS POETRY .
... class of writings is not of a very high order , for the task of composing them had passed out of the hands of the poets into those of the monks . 10. We may naturally suppose , indeed , that , 28 [ Introd . MISCELLANEOUS POETRY .
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... monks were emu- lous of attaining skill in writing and illuminating . At a later period , this was enumerated as one of the accomplish- Quia magna ex parte pereunt , paucis remanentibus integris . Perpaucæ enim sunt civitates in ...
... monks were emu- lous of attaining skill in writing and illuminating . At a later period , this was enumerated as one of the accomplish- Quia magna ex parte pereunt , paucis remanentibus integris . Perpaucæ enim sunt civitates in ...
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... monk of Bangor , in Wales . Asser's testimony is , as might be expected , extremely valuable and interesting ; but he ... monks . In those days , the first quality of a King was not necessarily the being able to read and write . Alfred ...
... monk of Bangor , in Wales . Asser's testimony is , as might be expected , extremely valuable and interesting ; but he ... monks . In those days , the first quality of a King was not necessarily the being able to read and write . Alfred ...
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... monks , and to the glimpses of strange operations with which from time to time they indulged the world . For several centuries , Toledo was celebrated chiefly as the school of what were characteristically termed the occult sciences ...
... monks , and to the glimpses of strange operations with which from time to time they indulged the world . For several centuries , Toledo was celebrated chiefly as the school of what were characteristically termed the occult sciences ...
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