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... Church as the sole means of escape from an otherwise certain and sure eternity of torment . If any feudal lord offended the Vatican , or seriously attempted to challenge the will of the Church Lords , the Pope had the power to ...
... Church as the sole means of escape from an otherwise certain and sure eternity of torment . If any feudal lord offended the Vatican , or seriously attempted to challenge the will of the Church Lords , the Pope had the power to ...
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... Church . The space before the altars of churches and cathedrals was the first stage for this kind of drama . As the plays expanded , taking in more and more characters , with increasingly com- plex stories , they ceased being mere ...
... Church . The space before the altars of churches and cathedrals was the first stage for this kind of drama . As the plays expanded , taking in more and more characters , with increasingly com- plex stories , they ceased being mere ...
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... Church and the theatre . But there has never been a clash between religion and the theatre , as we have already seen . The theatre owes much to the Church ; the Church , to the theatre ; even though , for special reasons at special ...
... Church and the theatre . But there has never been a clash between religion and the theatre , as we have already seen . The theatre owes much to the Church ; the Church , to the theatre ; even though , for special reasons at special ...
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Spectacular Rome | 27 |
The Theatres of China Japan | 43 |
FIVE | 68 |
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