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... poets whom we know to have flourished during the reign of Henry II . Wace and Benoît have more spirit than the monkish writers of legends and miracles ; but , with the exception of a few passages here and there , their poems are very ...
... poets whom we know to have flourished during the reign of Henry II . Wace and Benoît have more spirit than the monkish writers of legends and miracles ; but , with the exception of a few passages here and there , their poems are very ...
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... poems , which have since perished , because at this pe- riod the clergy alone committed their works to writing . Thus William the Clerk tells us in a religious poem : - Guillaume , uns clers qui fu Normans , Qui versifia en Romans ...
... poems , which have since perished , because at this pe- riod the clergy alone committed their works to writing . Thus William the Clerk tells us in a religious poem : - Guillaume , uns clers qui fu Normans , Qui versifia en Romans ...
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... poem on the Owl and the Nightingale by Nicholas de Guild- ford , serve to connect the Saxon of the Chronicle with the English literature of the thirteenth century . * Both are printed in the Reliquiæ Antiquæ . † Specimens of all these ...
... poem on the Owl and the Nightingale by Nicholas de Guild- ford , serve to connect the Saxon of the Chronicle with the English literature of the thirteenth century . * Both are printed in the Reliquiæ Antiquæ . † Specimens of all these ...
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... poem which he composed , probably at the king's desire , on the battle of Hastings . He was the almoner of queen Matilda , whom he accompanied to England in 1068. * He appears to have been a friend of Lanfranc , to whom he dedicates his ...
... poem which he composed , probably at the king's desire , on the battle of Hastings . He was the almoner of queen Matilda , whom he accompanied to England in 1068. * He appears to have been a friend of Lanfranc , to whom he dedicates his ...
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... poem De Contemptu Mundi , which was the work of Alexander Neckham . Some ad- ditions might still be made from manuscripts to his authentic works , particularly to the Homilies , Meditations , and Letters ; and perhaps some of Anselm's ...
... poem De Contemptu Mundi , which was the work of Alexander Neckham . Some ad- ditions might still be made from manuscripts to his authentic works , particularly to the Homilies , Meditations , and Letters ; and perhaps some of Anselm's ...
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