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... English as to the French . Those medieval English romances which are native to English soil are animated by the same spirit that induced their Viking forefathers to cross the Channel . In Havelok and King Horn may be observed much of ...
... English as to the French . Those medieval English romances which are native to English soil are animated by the same spirit that induced their Viking forefathers to cross the Channel . In Havelok and King Horn may be observed much of ...
Page 91
... English romances , then , with several exceptions , are derived from French romances . Many of these importations underwent change at the hands of the English popular writer in order to adapt them to the English taste ; but on the ...
... English romances , then , with several exceptions , are derived from French romances . Many of these importations underwent change at the hands of the English popular writer in order to adapt them to the English taste ; but on the ...
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... English period extends , generally speaking , from the coming to England in 1066 of William of Normandy to the introduction of the printing press into England in 1476. French culture and French literature , which the Norman conquest of ...
... English period extends , generally speaking , from the coming to England in 1066 of William of Normandy to the introduction of the printing press into England in 1476. French culture and French literature , which the Norman conquest of ...
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