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... medieval Europe , especially on that of medieval France . In particular , it is necessary to note the place that rhetoric ( the systematic study of oratory ) had assumed in the ed- ucational system of the late Roman Empire . Originally ...
... medieval Europe , especially on that of medieval France . In particular , it is necessary to note the place that rhetoric ( the systematic study of oratory ) had assumed in the ed- ucational system of the late Roman Empire . Originally ...
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... medieval in its antecedents . For in the medieval period , myth and folktale and straightforward fact were on an equal footing . Not that any marvel or preternatural happening taking place in secular ( as opposed to biblical ) history ...
... medieval in its antecedents . For in the medieval period , myth and folktale and straightforward fact were on an equal footing . Not that any marvel or preternatural happening taking place in secular ( as opposed to biblical ) history ...
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... Medieval and Renais- sance Literature ( 1964 ) ; JOSEph a . mazzeo , Medieval Cultural Tradition in Dante's Comedy ( 1960 ) ; D.w. ROBERTSON and B.F. HUPPE , Piers Plowman and Scriptural Tradition ( 1951 ) ; CHARLES SINGLETON , Dante ...
... Medieval and Renais- sance Literature ( 1964 ) ; JOSEph a . mazzeo , Medieval Cultural Tradition in Dante's Comedy ( 1960 ) ; D.w. ROBERTSON and B.F. HUPPE , Piers Plowman and Scriptural Tradition ( 1951 ) ; CHARLES SINGLETON , Dante ...
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