Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 94
... nature , visions and apparitions , plagues and cures , storms , fires and miracles . And not only God , but the whole hierarchy of Heaven , angels and saints , apostles and martyrs , lay on the frontiers of the visible , tangible world ...
... nature , visions and apparitions , plagues and cures , storms , fires and miracles . And not only God , but the whole hierarchy of Heaven , angels and saints , apostles and martyrs , lay on the frontiers of the visible , tangible world ...
Page 136
... natural leaders of the young students , as penniless and ragged as themselves , who , living in crowded garrets and taverns , flocked to the lectures of the learned doctors of theology , law and grammar in their hired rooms or schools ...
... natural leaders of the young students , as penniless and ragged as themselves , who , living in crowded garrets and taverns , flocked to the lectures of the learned doctors of theology , law and grammar in their hired rooms or schools ...
Page 436
... natural fears , probably died at their posts . For a friar , with his vagrant commission , it was temptingly easy to ... natures it drove men , including many of the clergy , to a hectic pursuit of pleasure . ' Where , ' asked a preacher ...
... natural fears , probably died at their posts . For a friar , with his vagrant commission , it was temptingly easy to ... natures it drove men , including many of the clergy , to a hectic pursuit of pleasure . ' Where , ' asked a preacher ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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