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Pàgina 9
... tion on which he might be pardoned . He must discover the bones of St. Alban , and raise an abbey in his honour . The sceptical reader will have his private thoughts on the mode in which the adventure was achieved . In the legend which ...
... tion on which he might be pardoned . He must discover the bones of St. Alban , and raise an abbey in his honour . The sceptical reader will have his private thoughts on the mode in which the adventure was achieved . In the legend which ...
Pàgina 23
... tion of the shrine . Each abbot sought to add something to the magnificent receptacle in which the martyrs reposed . The appetite for splendour extended to the church , and as the treasury failed to meet the demands upon it , money was ...
... tion of the shrine . Each abbot sought to add something to the magnificent receptacle in which the martyrs reposed . The appetite for splendour extended to the church , and as the treasury failed to meet the demands upon it , money was ...
Pàgina 44
... tion dissolves into anarchy ; the commonwealth becomes a chaos of divided units , each contending for itself : when again , the confusion becoming intolerable , a new order shapes itself , and grows and gathers power ; and again , as ...
... tion dissolves into anarchy ; the commonwealth becomes a chaos of divided units , each contending for itself : when again , the confusion becoming intolerable , a new order shapes itself , and grows and gathers power ; and again , as ...
Pàgina 47
... frere bot he were gelde , Should come within my wones , Political Songs and Poems , vol . i . p . 263. Published under the direc- tion of the Master of the Rolls . For may he till a woman wynne , In priveytie Annals of an English Abbey .
... frere bot he were gelde , Should come within my wones , Political Songs and Poems , vol . i . p . 263. Published under the direc- tion of the Master of the Rolls . For may he till a woman wynne , In priveytie Annals of an English Abbey .
Pàgina 53
... tion . New brooms sweep clean . Abbot Thomas , like most of his predecessors , began with attempts at reformation . He perhaps succeeded unusually well , for Edward III . employed him soon after to visit other abbeys which were under ...
... tion . New brooms sweep clean . Abbot Thomas , like most of his predecessors , began with attempts at reformation . He perhaps succeeded unusually well , for Edward III . employed him soon after to visit other abbeys which were under ...
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