The third great name in Italian mediaeval literature is that of. From Wordnik.com. [Song and Legend from the Middle Ages] Reference
They may be rooted in mediaeval laws but, as they exist now, they are very new, indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Justice is as justice does] Reference
The Name of the Rose is full of lists, categories, long discourses that catalogue the world in mediaeval terms. From Wordnik.com. [I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference
Paris because that's completely inaccurate, 'said Ms Newman, who also writes mystery novels set in mediaeval France. From Wordnik.com. [It's just fiction. But it's a great book. But it's full of errors. But...] Reference
Its greaty university library of 250,000 volumes, rich in mediaeval history and literature, with some 400 invaluable manuscripts, is no more. From Wordnik.com. [Belgium and the Belgians] Reference
Crane’s recently published Italian Popular Tales; and a Latin mediaeval version (written probably in the I. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
But, indeed, the state of society in Scotland might be described as mediaeval as late as the middle of the sixteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century] Reference
How mediaeval is that?. From Wordnik.com. [I Am Not Here And This Is Not Happening « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
Usually the words 'mediaeval' and 'obscurantist' are not far away when writing of them. From Wordnik.com. [September 19, 2004] Reference
As for the oh so modern 'mediaeval' siege of Gaza - is that an exemplar of the 'modernity' you seek to impose worldwide?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Crown, for a conservatism which had been styled not only "mediaeval" but. From Wordnik.com. [Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places] Reference
Only after thinking the matter over she replied that it was 'mediaeval'; by which she meant that the walls were panelled. From Wordnik.com. [Swann's Way] Reference
"This 'ere, gossips," -- the Barbarian instantly detected the fallacy of all the so-called mediaeval jargon he had read, -- "is the Helectric. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel Starbottle's Client] Reference
It was a mediaeval-looking place, part of which had been built by the. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
Thus the classic legends are seen through a veil of mediaeval romance. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
If he wants to study mediaeval things, if he takes even so universal a poet as. 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
Attempts have been made to dismiss these suggestions by calling them 'mysticism' and 'mediaeval magic'. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
Burne-Jones at Exeter reading aloud to him for hours together French romances and other mediaeval tales. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
Consider some major public undertaking in former times - say the construction of a great mediaeval cathedral. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
The two names of Ibn Batuta and Sir John Mandeville now conclude our mediaeval period of travel to the Eastward. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Could there be a more striking contrast than that between the mediaeval code and those of the great Greek thinkers?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
"There is a kind of mediaeval sense to it of reaching up to the sky, building the impossible, a procession, if you like. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
In mediaeval times it was a stronghold for the feudal lords and in modern times it is still of importance as a fortress. From Wordnik.com. [In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France] Reference
But have these mediaeval legacies from Ancient Greece been really important constituents in our history viewed as a whole?. 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
This was one of the most important maps ever constructed, and forms our frontispiece from mediaeval copies of the original. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Some were represented in the ancient or mediaeval costumes of my own ancestry, and some in garbs resembling our modern styles. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
He knew there was another side to the picture, and that in many ways the freedom of the mediaeval craftsman had been curtailed. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
(Soundbite of Trio mediaeval singing) INSKEEP: They recently visited our studios to sing Christmas songs, both mediaeval and modern. From Wordnik.com. [Trio Mediaeval's Norwegian Christmas] Reference
I regret that our brief stay in Brest did not give me a better opportunity to see the mediaeval churches and castles in the vicinity. From Wordnik.com. [In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France] Reference
Dante is seen against the background of mediaeval Florence; Tintoret represents the life of Venice at its richest, most glorious time. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
Pliny's geography was the basis of much mediaeval writing, and his knowledge of the course of the Niger remained unchallenged, till Mungo. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Electricity in this way reveals a secret of carbon well known to the mediaeval alchemist and still known in our day to people in the Orient. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
This head-dress, accompanied by long moustaches and a pointed beard covering only his chin, gave the stranger's face the mediaeval look he probably desired. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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