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... court and surrounded by a crowd of native and foreign prelates . The celebrity which in a short time was attached to the name of the saint , not only among all the nations of Western Christendom but even at Jeru- salem , Acre , and ...
... court and surrounded by a crowd of native and foreign prelates . The celebrity which in a short time was attached to the name of the saint , not only among all the nations of Western Christendom but even at Jeru- salem , Acre , and ...
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... court of Edward IV . , also went to the shrine of " our dear Lord " St. Thomas of Canterbury , which , according to the testimony of his literary companion and scribe , was more precious than any in Christendom , in proof of which he ...
... court of Edward IV . , also went to the shrine of " our dear Lord " St. Thomas of Canterbury , which , according to the testimony of his literary companion and scribe , was more precious than any in Christendom , in proof of which he ...
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... court of Charlemagne , for the purpose of establishing schools and learning in the German empire . And although every monastery did not contribute in an equal degree to all these beneficial results , all aided to the best of their power ...
... court of Charlemagne , for the purpose of establishing schools and learning in the German empire . And although every monastery did not contribute in an equal degree to all these beneficial results , all aided to the best of their power ...
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... court . Simultaneously with this varied activity , which has proved alike valuable to their own and subsequent times , there prevailed a condition of things lamentably the reverse , but which was undoubt- edly favoured by circumstances ...
... court . Simultaneously with this varied activity , which has proved alike valuable to their own and subsequent times , there prevailed a condition of things lamentably the reverse , but which was undoubt- edly favoured by circumstances ...
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... court , or , by the command of the pope , exhorting his hearers to join the crusades ; at another time he has business with the Parliament in London , while he also accompanies the archbishop to Rome , and is one of the delegates at the ...
... court , or , by the command of the pope , exhorting his hearers to join the crusades ; at another time he has business with the Parliament in London , while he also accompanies the archbishop to Rome , and is one of the delegates at the ...
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