National Life and Character in the Mirror of Early English Literature (Classic Reprint)CUP Archive, 2018 M03 13 - 352 pages Excerpt from National Life and Character in the Mirror of Early English Literature The writer's thanks are also due to the learned Master of Peterhouse, Dr A. W. Ward, who has suggested several improvements in the arrangement of the matter and other details. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHAPTER I | 2 |
HorsaConquest of KentTreacheryConquest of SussexKingdoms | 27 |
funeral pyreBurialPassing out to sea ScyldThe mystery of life | 59 |
To about 870 A D The Advent and Influence | 61 |
YorkBooks and librariesTheology the end of all learningChristian | 96 |
To about 1066 A D | 124 |
To about 1272 A D | 177 |
of the Charlemagne of the Roland with the Charlemagne of Huon | 224 |
CHAPTER V | 255 |
124 | 258 |
of CressyThe English archerHis value increasingEffect upon | 268 |
177 | 278 |