English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 3Cassell, limited, 1888 |
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... reign of William Rufus was also chief director of affairs in Church and State . Lanfranc was born , in 1005 , at Pavia , son of a keeper of the public archives . He studied at Bologna , where he practised as an advocate , removed to ...
... reign of William Rufus was also chief director of affairs in Church and State . Lanfranc was born , in 1005 , at Pavia , son of a keeper of the public archives . He studied at Bologna , where he practised as an advocate , removed to ...
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... reign before the end of the first book , and dying only at the begin- ning of the fifth . Eadmer was to the backbone a monk , strict in all claims of ecclesiastical power ; but , like Anselm , he was a monk with a breath of original ...
... reign before the end of the first book , and dying only at the begin- ning of the fifth . Eadmer was to the backbone a monk , strict in all claims of ecclesiastical power ; but , like Anselm , he was a monk with a breath of original ...
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... reign of Henry I. , and pub- lished before the year 1116 an allegory , " De Eodem et Diverso . " In this work he represents Philosophy and Philocosmia , or love of worldly enjoyment , as having , when he was a student at Tours ...
... reign of Henry I. , and pub- lished before the year 1116 an allegory , " De Eodem et Diverso . " In this work he represents Philosophy and Philocosmia , or love of worldly enjoyment , as having , when he was a student at Tours ...
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... reign in 1135- 66 They had done homage to him , and sworn oaths , but had held no faith ; they were all forsworn , and forfeited their troth ; for every powerful man made his castles , and held them against him ; and they filled the ...
... reign in 1135- 66 They had done homage to him , and sworn oaths , but had held no faith ; they were all forsworn , and forfeited their troth ; for every powerful man made his castles , and held them against him ; and they filled the ...
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... reign of Edward the Elder and Edward the Confessor . Florence inserted also , from sources not now to be traced , notices of saints and famous men among the clergy , especially of Worcester . His account of Bishop Wulfstan , and of his ...
... reign of Edward the Elder and Edward the Confessor . Florence inserted also , from sources not now to be traced , notices of saints and famous men among the clergy , especially of Worcester . His account of Bishop Wulfstan , and of his ...
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