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ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of...
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Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood,...
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Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure...
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The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.
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The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions...
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The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.
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The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from...
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It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances...
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Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually...
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We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real...
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Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot...
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For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies...
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If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge...
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It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that...
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The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young...
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Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from...
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