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Page 115
... action at Troy and thence , via Aeneas , to the founding of Rome . For ' Britayne ' Arthur could be claimed as both champion of chivalry and forerunner of the spirit of the land and the nation . Indeed chroniclers of the Tudor dynasty ...
... action at Troy and thence , via Aeneas , to the founding of Rome . For ' Britayne ' Arthur could be claimed as both champion of chivalry and forerunner of the spirit of the land and the nation . Indeed chroniclers of the Tudor dynasty ...
Page 121
... action where patriotism of the Tudor Renaissance state confronted the ' disorder ' and inimical energy of the savage man — the fierce resistance of a people , if not yet of a nation . The warriors were not outside Christendom , like ...
... action where patriotism of the Tudor Renaissance state confronted the ' disorder ' and inimical energy of the savage man — the fierce resistance of a people , if not yet of a nation . The warriors were not outside Christendom , like ...
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... action , as Aristotle recommended . The pattern of the laye follows the pattern of spring rite . It begins with running water ; it was made by a spring and is tuned ' unto the Waters fall ' . There is a summoning of attendant virgins ...
... action , as Aristotle recommended . The pattern of the laye follows the pattern of spring rite . It begins with running water ; it was made by a spring and is tuned ' unto the Waters fall ' . There is a summoning of attendant virgins ...
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