A First View of English and American LiteratureC. Scribner's Sons, 1910 - 488 من الصفحات |
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... Political su- premacy passes to Wessex . Egbert , King of Wessex , styles himself King of the English , 828. Alfred the Great , king of Wessex , 871-901 . Peace of Wedmore , 878 , between King Alfred and the Danes . 5. END OF ANGLO ...
... Political su- premacy passes to Wessex . Egbert , King of Wessex , styles himself King of the English , 828. Alfred the Great , king of Wessex , 871-901 . Peace of Wedmore , 878 , between King Alfred and the Danes . 5. END OF ANGLO ...
الصفحة 28
... political unity to the nation . by placing supreme power in the hands of a single ruler . The struggle of the Conqueror's son , Henry I ( 1100-1135 ) with his turbulent barons , led him to draw nearer to the com- mon people , and grant ...
... political unity to the nation . by placing supreme power in the hands of a single ruler . The struggle of the Conqueror's son , Henry I ( 1100-1135 ) with his turbulent barons , led him to draw nearer to the com- mon people , and grant ...
الصفحة 40
... political events had an effect in deter- mining the career of the poet whose writings remain as the chief glory of this epoch of English history . Society in Chaucer's Time . — The society of the period , the brighter and happier ...
... political events had an effect in deter- mining the career of the poet whose writings remain as the chief glory of this epoch of English history . Society in Chaucer's Time . — The society of the period , the brighter and happier ...
الصفحة 42
... politics . II . GEOFFREY CHAUCER ( 1340-1400 ) Chaucer's Youth . - Geoffrey Chaucer was born about 1340 , of a family of London merchants . His father , a member of the Corporation of Vintners , had been purveyor to King Ed- ward III ...
... politics . II . GEOFFREY CHAUCER ( 1340-1400 ) Chaucer's Youth . - Geoffrey Chaucer was born about 1340 , of a family of London merchants . His father , a member of the Corporation of Vintners , had been purveyor to King Ed- ward III ...
الصفحة 55
... Lady Meed ( Bribery ) , a wonderful allegorical figure , symbol of that dishonesty which Langland everywhere saw poisoning the springs of social and political life . f Next we are shown the " Seven Deadly Sins William Langland 55.
... Lady Meed ( Bribery ) , a wonderful allegorical figure , symbol of that dishonesty which Langland everywhere saw poisoning the springs of social and political life . f Next we are shown the " Seven Deadly Sins William Langland 55.
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