Search results for "Medieval literature" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • Apocalyptic literature is a genre of prophetical writing that developed ... The apocalyptic literature of Judaism and Christianity embraces a ...
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  • a substantial impact on Western art and literature since it first appeared ... also had a great influence on later medieval literature, and inspired parts ...
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  • as a prelude to the main melee event at medieval tournaments. The first recorded ... Famed in medieval romances, the sport maintained its status as a popular ...
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  • calypso descends from the music of the medieval French troubadours. ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure 125959102 ...
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  • poets in the history of Japanese literature. In his own times, Basho ... overloaded with allusions to classical literature and contemporary gossip ...
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  • within numerous modern works of art, film, and literature. ... ===Moloch in medieval texts=== Like some other gods and demons found ...
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  • Chaucer is generally considered not only the father of English literature ... On an April day, a group of medieval pilgrims set out on a pilgrimage ...
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  • Lucan's place in the history of Latin literature is somewhat ... would find more recognition among the medieval and Romantic poets of Europe ...
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  • it was one of the four that were shown in medieval art almost to the exclusion ... The Laborers in the Vineyard also appears in Early Medieval works ...
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  • when it originated, its themes reflect a Medieval culture of princes and Medieval ... category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:Literature ...
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  • ethnological ecumenism, however, to the medieval Jews, who he regarded as ... The Khazars in Russian Nationalist Literature," The World of the ...
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  • against the religious authoritarianism of Medieval Catholicism, it emphasized ... humanists held positions as teachers of literature and grammar or as government ...
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  • Victorian literature is the body of poetry, fiction, essays, and letters ... classical literature but also the medieval literature of England. The Victorians ...
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  • visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of ... In literature, some of Shakespeare's most powerful plays were ...
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  • time) clichéd metaphors borrowed from medieval and classical sources. Instead ... These poems revealed his faith in the medieval order of things, which had ...
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  • Information about Joachim and Anne is derived from apocryphal literature ... was that Anne married once. In late medieval times, legend held that ...
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  • was able to find its way into the literature of early modern Europe. ... cited it as his favorite work of literature, and helped to re-introduce ...
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  • He avoided the traditional assumption of medieval exegesis, that certain texts ... astrology a significant role in medieval thought. Ibn Ezra believed ...
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  • === Literature === *In 1939, Dr. Seuss wrote a short illustrated novel ... *French, K. L. "The legend of Lady Godiva," Journal of Medieval ...
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  • literary tradition of Arthurian romance. Medieval Arthurian writing reached ... A notable stylistic aspect of medieval Arthurian literature is that ...
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