The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. 19 vEncyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated, 1981 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 70
Page 1087
... century literature first be- gan to emerge after World War I , and essential forms and themes of modern writing were ... century Renaissance literature of eastern Europe Celtic literature in the Renaissance IV . The 17th century 1147 ...
... century literature first be- gan to emerge after World War I , and essential forms and themes of modern writing were ... century Renaissance literature of eastern Europe Celtic literature in the Renaissance IV . The 17th century 1147 ...
Page 1129
... century , nevertheless , a gradual decline set in , accentuated in the 13th century by the Tatar Mongol invasion , and there was a marked falling off of literary activity . Works The Tatar invasion was reflected as a great disaster in a ...
... century , nevertheless , a gradual decline set in , accentuated in the 13th century by the Tatar Mongol invasion , and there was a marked falling off of literary activity . Works The Tatar invasion was reflected as a great disaster in a ...
Page 1263
... Century English Literature , rev . ed . ( 1970 ) , a short survey ; BASIL WILLEY , The Seventeenth Cen- tury Background ( 1934 ) , an excellent study of the philosophi- cal background ; PERRY G. MILLER , The New England Mind : From ...
... Century English Literature , rev . ed . ( 1970 ) , a short survey ; BASIL WILLEY , The Seventeenth Cen- tury Background ( 1934 ) , an excellent study of the philosophi- cal background ; PERRY G. MILLER , The New England Mind : From ...
Common terms and phrases
19th century ancient Arabic bakufu became biblical bone Buddhism called central centre century China Chinese Christian church Confucian court culture dance death divine doctrine early East emperor English established ethical festival gold Gospels Greek Haskala Hebrew Hokkaidō human important influence island Israel Jackson Jaina Jainism James Japan Japanese jazz Jerusalem Jesus jet stream jewelry Jewish community Jews John Johnson joint Jordan Judah ha-Levi Judaism King Kingdom Kyōto Kyūshū land language later leaders literature living lords Mahāvīra Maimonides major medieval Meiji ment military modern movement Muslim mystical Nichiren original Ōsaka Palestine percent period philosophy political popular Prince Shōtoku prophets rabbinic reform religion religious role Roman scholars schools sect Shinto shogun social style Sukkot synagogue synovial Talmud Temple theatre tion Torah tradition trans Western writings Yiddish Yiddish theatre