The Rhetorical Tradition in French Literature of the Later Middle Ages: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered in the University of Exeter on 17 January 1969 |
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... fact that they never discuss the theory themselves . We only have their literary works to go on , and studies of ... facts have been brought to light in recent years . It has been shown , for example , that the epic style of the chansons ...
... fact that they never discuss the theory themselves . We only have their literary works to go on , and studies of ... facts have been brought to light in recent years . It has been shown , for example , that the epic style of the chansons ...
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... fact that Jacques Coeur had for long been the richest man in France , and to the ordinary people must have seemed more of an institution than an individual . He had died a year or two before Villon wrote these lines . Another much ...
... fact that Jacques Coeur had for long been the richest man in France , and to the ordinary people must have seemed more of an institution than an individual . He had died a year or two before Villon wrote these lines . Another much ...
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... fact , throughout the first half of the sixteenth century.1 The Grands Rhétoriqueurs school achieved tremendous fame in its own day . It was centred on the court of Burgundy at a time when the Dukes of Burgundy were more active , and ...
... fact , throughout the first half of the sixteenth century.1 The Grands Rhétoriqueurs school achieved tremendous fame in its own day . It was centred on the court of Burgundy at a time when the Dukes of Burgundy were more active , and ...
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