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Page 43
... figure of heavenly justice , departs from earth early in Book V. Its pages show , besides Mercilla , the tyranny of a female ruler in Radegund the Amazon Queen , humiliat- ing Artegall as Omphale humiliated Hercules : this at a salient ...
... figure of heavenly justice , departs from earth early in Book V. Its pages show , besides Mercilla , the tyranny of a female ruler in Radegund the Amazon Queen , humiliat- ing Artegall as Omphale humiliated Hercules : this at a salient ...
Page 85
... figure of the graces and the ' general dance ' of love and concord . The myth of classical antiquity and the medieval image of the dance of love , both earthly and heavenly , show a living cycle of love and grace given , enjoyed and ...
... figure of the graces and the ' general dance ' of love and concord . The myth of classical antiquity and the medieval image of the dance of love , both earthly and heavenly , show a living cycle of love and grace given , enjoyed and ...
Page 114
... figure in the Old Saxon Heliand . From the people of romance tongues ( those derived from Latin ) there was the French Chanson de Roland , of combat between a prince of Christendom and the forces of Antichrist , the conquering Moors in ...
... figure in the Old Saxon Heliand . From the people of romance tongues ( those derived from Latin ) there was the French Chanson de Roland , of combat between a prince of Christendom and the forces of Antichrist , the conquering Moors in ...
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