Henry’s reign sparked what’s been called the twelfth-century Renaissance. From Wordnik.com. [The English Is Coming!] Reference
Both originally were all of twelfth-century workmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
It is mentioned in the twelfth-century writings as grown in. From Wordnik.com. [Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses] Reference
The twelfth-century romances are in most things the antithesis to. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
The twelfth-century round-arched windows are there almost complete. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
Together, poor soil and the twelfth-century arroyo would have frustrated every. From Wordnik.com. [The Material Culture of Pueblo Bonito] Reference
The south-east angle on this side retains part of the twelfth-century flat buttressing. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
More effective was the great twelfth-century translator from the Arabic, Gerard of Cremona. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Dating to early twelfth-century England, treasure trove was one of many royal prerogatives. From Wordnik.com. [The Slow Death of Treasure Trove] Reference
Close by is the only part now remaining of the twelfth-century outer wall of the nave aisle. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
We paused atop a piece of twelfth-century stone-work while I restored the covering to my hair. From Wordnik.com. [O Jerusalem]
Both the twelfth-century churches built by Stefan Nemanja near Kurshumlija were damaged by bombs. From Wordnik.com. [Insight: Legacy of Medieval Serbia] Reference
Here is a typically hyperbolic passage, cited by D.M. Wilson, from a twelfth-century Irish writer. From Wordnik.com. [Eaters Of The Dead]
Lancelot initially appears in literature in Chrétien de Troyes's twelfth-century Knight of the Cart. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Minogue: YouTube Lancelots and Guineveres] Reference
In classical studies, it had little that could match the highlights of twelfth-century French humanism. From Wordnik.com. [HUMANISM IN ITALY] Reference
One is the old twelfth-century string which evidently once ran along above the old round-headed windows. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
One twelfth-century anecdote from one of the wealthiest German families shows how severe the problem was. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
Birch bark found by archaeologists in a twelfth-century workshop contained orders for icons such as these. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Old Russia] Reference
There were some translations from the Arabic, especially during the so-called twelfth-century Renaissance. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
The Decretum of Gratian, a twelfth-century jurist, tried to harmonize the different laws regarding marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Minogue: Traditional Marriage and the Straw-Horse Argument] Reference
This opening was probably once a round-headed twelfth-century window, as the old abacus is still in position. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
We catch a glimpse of the fugitive "knocking and rapping" at the grim twelfth-century knocker "to have yt opened.". From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
The masonry was more carefully finished than that of the adjoining transept -- a specimen of twelfth-century work. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
It shows three of the arched heads of small twelfth-century windows that used to light the earlier triforium gallery. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
The twelfth-century Welsh cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed that Merlin used magic to bring the stones from Ireland. From Wordnik.com. [The French Built Stonehenge?] Reference
Looters also damaged two large wooden twelfth-century Islamic doors as they attempted to carry them away unsuccessfully. From Wordnik.com. [In the North of Iraq: Mosul's Museum, Hatra, and Nimrud] Reference
Dzogchen is also found in Drugpa Kagyu, coming from its late twelfth-century founder, Tsangpa Gyaray (gTsang-pa rGya-ras). From Wordnik.com. [Brief History of Dzogchen] Reference
Built by the twelfth-century Khmer ruler Jayavarman VII, the site's eight temples are deep in the jungle near the Thai border. From Wordnik.com. [Khmer Site Looted] Reference
It was a fine specimen of one of the few stone churches found in that part of the country, with twelfth-century Gothic windows. From Wordnik.com. [The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914] Reference
Below this string is a thirteenth-century pointed window, with a billet-moulded label cut in a twelfth-century manner of design. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
The merit of the twelfth-century authors, Benoit, Chrestien, and their followers, is that they faced the new problems and solved them. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Guinevere first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's twelfth-century The History of the Kings of Britain, which does not mention Lancelot. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Minogue: YouTube Lancelots and Guineveres] Reference
The twelfth-century French romances form a definite large group, with many ranks and divisions, some of which are easily distinguished, while all are of great historical interest. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
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