A History of English LiteratureHardin Craig Oxford University Press, 1950 - 697 pages |
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Page 177
... influences from the Low Countries on England and one major influence , Erasmus . The primary task of the waning Middle Ages when they were confronted by the new learning was one of understanding . They had to learn Greek and Greek ...
... influences from the Low Countries on England and one major influence , Erasmus . The primary task of the waning Middle Ages when they were confronted by the new learning was one of understanding . They had to learn Greek and Greek ...
Page 178
... influence in its time , directed against the age and particularly against scholastic theologians and greedy and in- competent church dignitaries . The Enchiridion Militis Christiani ( 1503 ) , a manual of simple Christian piety ...
... influence in its time , directed against the age and particularly against scholastic theologians and greedy and in- competent church dignitaries . The Enchiridion Militis Christiani ( 1503 ) , a manual of simple Christian piety ...
Page 179
... influence of the Florentine martyr . Colet's piety lived on in the writings of More and Tyndale , and his ideas of reform appeared as the core of English Protestantism . Colet's writings may at first seem disappointing , but in the ...
... influence of the Florentine martyr . Colet's piety lived on in the writings of More and Tyndale , and his ideas of reform appeared as the core of English Protestantism . Colet's writings may at first seem disappointing , but in the ...
Contents
THE LITERATURE OF THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD 1 The Temper of the Middle Ages | 3 |
The AngloSaxons | 5 |
Some Fundamental Facts Relating to Old English Literature | 8 |
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