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... knights established their rule as far south as the island of Sicily . For a thousand years Europe was the scene of constant war , pestilence , and famine , the sole protection that the common people had against the reckless and ruthless ...
... knights established their rule as far south as the island of Sicily . For a thousand years Europe was the scene of constant war , pestilence , and famine , the sole protection that the common people had against the reckless and ruthless ...
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... knights , and after a mighty struggle he is killed , with the whole of his army . Among French stories of a rather later time , the most in- teresting is Aucassin and Nicolette , which belongs to the thir- teenth century . It is a love ...
... knights , and after a mighty struggle he is killed , with the whole of his army . Among French stories of a rather later time , the most in- teresting is Aucassin and Nicolette , which belongs to the thir- teenth century . It is a love ...
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... knight of known prowess affects him to tears . " His history , " says Sir Walter Scott , has less the air of a narrative ... knights , of whom he wrote , arrange the terms of combat and the manner of the onset ; we hear the soldiers cry ...
... knight of known prowess affects him to tears . " His history , " says Sir Walter Scott , has less the air of a narrative ... knights , of whom he wrote , arrange the terms of combat and the manner of the onset ; we hear the soldiers cry ...
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... knight - errant appears side by side with the plundering adventurer , while popular uprisings sound the first note of alarm to feudal oppressors . " Philippe de Commines , minister of that astute monarch Louis XI of France , was an ...
... knight - errant appears side by side with the plundering adventurer , while popular uprisings sound the first note of alarm to feudal oppressors . " Philippe de Commines , minister of that astute monarch Louis XI of France , was an ...
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... Knight , the Prioress , the Miller , the Man of Law , the Parson , the Wife of Bath , and so on . Each character is sketched with masterly skill , and the English reader feels that he is being introduced to actual men and women of his ...
... Knight , the Prioress , the Miller , the Man of Law , the Parson , the Wife of Bath , and so on . Each character is sketched with masterly skill , and the English reader feels that he is being introduced to actual men and women of his ...
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