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... pope in vain desired to have him brought to Rome . He refused in his own monastery the dignity of abbot , because " the office demands household care ; and household care brings with it distraction of mind , which hinders the pur- suit ...
... pope in vain desired to have him brought to Rome . He refused in his own monastery the dignity of abbot , because " the office demands household care ; and household care brings with it distraction of mind , which hinders the pur- suit ...
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... Pope to license . Although Map fought stoutly against fleshly corruption of the clergy , and was an earnest Church reformer , he was not advanced beyond the dread of danger from giving the Scriptures in their own tongue to the common ...
... Pope to license . Although Map fought stoutly against fleshly corruption of the clergy , and was an earnest Church reformer , he was not advanced beyond the dread of danger from giving the Scriptures in their own tongue to the common ...
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... Pope's license to their translation of Scripture . The use of it was not for- bidden until fifty years afterwards . After his return from Rome , Map was made a canon of St. Paul's , and also precentor of Lincoln . He held also the ...
... Pope's license to their translation of Scripture . The use of it was not for- bidden until fifty years afterwards . After his return from Rome , Map was made a canon of St. Paul's , and also precentor of Lincoln . He held also the ...
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... Pope Calixtus II . officially authenticated the Latin " Life of Charlemagne and Roland , " which was said to have been written by one of Charle- magne's companions , Turpin , who was Archbishop of Rheims in the eighth century . This ...
... Pope Calixtus II . officially authenticated the Latin " Life of Charlemagne and Roland , " which was said to have been written by one of Charle- magne's companions , Turpin , who was Archbishop of Rheims in the eighth century . This ...
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... Pope Innocent III . , his Latin critical didactic poem on the New Poetry . His new poetry was the old revived ; Joseph of Exeter's Latin poem on the Trojan war was an example of it . Geoffrey of Vinsauf warned men back to the ancient ...
... Pope Innocent III . , his Latin critical didactic poem on the New Poetry . His new poetry was the old revived ; Joseph of Exeter's Latin poem on the Trojan war was an example of it . Geoffrey of Vinsauf warned men back to the ancient ...
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