The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... influence of the modern spirit , they are now being dealt with in a strictly scientific manner The available facts of human history , collected over the widest areas , are carefully co - ordi- nated and grouped together , in the hope of ...
... influence of the modern spirit , they are now being dealt with in a strictly scientific manner The available facts of human history , collected over the widest areas , are carefully co - ordi- nated and grouped together , in the hope of ...
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... influence over him . His fame is tarnished , however , by numerous deeds of tyranny and cruelty . His own family , especially , suffered from his fits of jealousy ; his eldest son was slain , and the eyes of his other children were put ...
... influence over him . His fame is tarnished , however , by numerous deeds of tyranny and cruelty . His own family , especially , suffered from his fits of jealousy ; his eldest son was slain , and the eyes of his other children were put ...
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... influence in his diocese . In the 12th century the abbots of Fulda claimed precedence of the Archbishop of Cologne . Abbots more and more aped episcopal state , and in defiance of the express prohibition of early councils , and the ...
... influence in his diocese . In the 12th century the abbots of Fulda claimed precedence of the Archbishop of Cologne . Abbots more and more aped episcopal state , and in defiance of the express prohibition of early councils , and the ...
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... influence of the king and court was strongly and successfully exerted in the opposite direction . In 1618 , when a declaration was published by the king , and ordered to be read in all the churches , per- mitting sports and pastimes on ...
... influence of the king and court was strongly and successfully exerted in the opposite direction . In 1618 , when a declaration was published by the king , and ordered to be read in all the churches , per- mitting sports and pastimes on ...
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... influence exerted by Abelard on the minds of his contemporaries and the course of medieval thought , he has been little known in modern times but for his , connection with Heloise . Indeed , it was not till the present century , when ...
... influence exerted by Abelard on the minds of his contemporaries and the course of medieval thought , he has been little known in modern times but for his , connection with Heloise . Indeed , it was not till the present century , when ...
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