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... churches to the graveyards outside . This proved unsatisfactory , for spectators crowding into church- yards trampled and desecrated the graves and it again became necessary to change the location to some place beyond the church ...
... churches to the graveyards outside . This proved unsatisfactory , for spectators crowding into church- yards trampled and desecrated the graves and it again became necessary to change the location to some place beyond the church ...
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... church decoration . Such men as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were doubtless uneasy sons of the Church , but among the great art - workers only Benvenuto Cellini's conduct was notoriously and incorrigibly scandalous . In Germany ...
... church decoration . Such men as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were doubtless uneasy sons of the Church , but among the great art - workers only Benvenuto Cellini's conduct was notoriously and incorrigibly scandalous . In Germany ...
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... Church . After im- prisonment in the Tower of London he was charged with high treason , condemned to death , and executed on Tower Hill 6 July 1535. John Fisher , Bishop of Rochester and Chancellor of Cambridge University ( who had ...
... Church . After im- prisonment in the Tower of London he was charged with high treason , condemned to death , and executed on Tower Hill 6 July 1535. John Fisher , Bishop of Rochester and Chancellor of Cambridge University ( who had ...
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UNTIL CHAUCER I | 1 |
CHAUCER HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND | 14 |
POPULAR LITERATURE | 43 |
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