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... Holy Land Mohammedanism The First Crusade Results of the Crusades . Chivalry The Home Life Chivalric Literature CHAPTER XV . Reign of Richard I. 218 The Intellectual Revival of the Twelfth Century 219 Realism and Nominalism 220 The ...
... Holy Land Mohammedanism The First Crusade Results of the Crusades . Chivalry The Home Life Chivalric Literature CHAPTER XV . Reign of Richard I. 218 The Intellectual Revival of the Twelfth Century 219 Realism and Nominalism 220 The ...
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... Holy Land Mohammedanism The First Crusade Results of the Crusades . Chivalry The Home Life Chivalric Literature CHAPTER XV . The Intellectual Revival of the Twelfth Century . Reign of Richard I. Realism and Nominalism The Arabian ...
... Holy Land Mohammedanism The First Crusade Results of the Crusades . Chivalry The Home Life Chivalric Literature CHAPTER XV . The Intellectual Revival of the Twelfth Century . Reign of Richard I. Realism and Nominalism The Arabian ...
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... holy men wandered forth to different parts of Europe , seeking for some lonely place where they might lead what was then called the religious life , and they became missionaries who planted the faith of Christ in many places where it ...
... holy men wandered forth to different parts of Europe , seeking for some lonely place where they might lead what was then called the religious life , and they became missionaries who planted the faith of Christ in many places where it ...
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... holy beings who had passed into the heavens might do it . Rites and sacraments became magic spells which opened the door of heaven . The priest who had the charge of these holy spells was the wielder of the magic power , the gatekeeper ...
... holy beings who had passed into the heavens might do it . Rites and sacraments became magic spells which opened the door of heaven . The priest who had the charge of these holy spells was the wielder of the magic power , the gatekeeper ...
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... holy to be a monk than a common priest . And though there were still married priests — and it was not for five hun- dred years that the celibacy of the clergy was enforced — yet even then the best men in the Church thought it an unholy ...
... holy to be a monk than a common priest . And though there were still married priests — and it was not for five hun- dred years that the celibacy of the clergy was enforced — yet even then the best men in the Church thought it an unholy ...
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