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... periods , differing much in duration , being for the most part marked by some prominent historical event , rather than by any order of time . * First Period , -1087 . Our first period extends from the earliest times to the death of ...
... periods , differing much in duration , being for the most part marked by some prominent historical event , rather than by any order of time . * First Period , -1087 . Our first period extends from the earliest times to the death of ...
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... period when books were expensive luxuries , he demands our atten- tion . His name , and his great love of Saxon works , point out his Saxon origin , although by some authors he is thought to have been a Breton . He gave , amongst other ...
... period when books were expensive luxuries , he demands our atten- tion . His name , and his great love of Saxon works , point out his Saxon origin , although by some authors he is thought to have been a Breton . He gave , amongst other ...
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... Period , 1088-1300 . Our second period carries us on to the end of the 13th century , during which many works on religious subjects are recorded to have been written , some of which are now unknown . Of ROBERT FOLIOT ( -1186 ) , a ...
... Period , 1088-1300 . Our second period carries us on to the end of the 13th century , during which many works on religious subjects are recorded to have been written , some of which are now unknown . Of ROBERT FOLIOT ( -1186 ) , a ...
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... period of twenty - three years ( 1161–1184 ) . Histori- cally , he is known as one of the great opponents of the policy of Becket , yet , after the death of the latter , he was selected to preach the sermon on the re - opening of ...
... period of twenty - three years ( 1161–1184 ) . Histori- cally , he is known as one of the great opponents of the policy of Becket , yet , after the death of the latter , he was selected to preach the sermon on the re - opening of ...
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... period , had , said Fuller , " more learning therein than three convents of the same bignesse . " ( i . 263. ) Baldwin belonged to it , as well as the two following literary men . ROGER DE FORD , or ROGER THE CISTERCIAN ( -1181 ) ...
... period , had , said Fuller , " more learning therein than three convents of the same bignesse . " ( i . 263. ) Baldwin belonged to it , as well as the two following literary men . ROGER DE FORD , or ROGER THE CISTERCIAN ( -1181 ) ...
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