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Page 135
... especially since no historian not hypnotized by allegorical interpretation could distinguish ten persecu- tions . 36 He was tinctured with the pessimistic sentiments of the time ( sed non diu mali boni sunt ) but derived these , not ...
... especially since no historian not hypnotized by allegorical interpretation could distinguish ten persecu- tions . 36 He was tinctured with the pessimistic sentiments of the time ( sed non diu mali boni sunt ) but derived these , not ...
Page 139
... especially troubled over the ever - increasing poverty , the cruel condition of the lower classes , and the means to alleviate their distress . Unlike St. Augustine and Orosius , he does not blame the pagans , but lays the ...
... especially troubled over the ever - increasing poverty , the cruel condition of the lower classes , and the means to alleviate their distress . Unlike St. Augustine and Orosius , he does not blame the pagans , but lays the ...
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... especially the Guises and the Queen - Mother for their responsibility for the mas- sacre of St. Bartholomew , he is generally objective in the recording of his facts , claiming no more for them than their face value ; as an historian ...
... especially the Guises and the Queen - Mother for their responsibility for the mas- sacre of St. Bartholomew , he is generally objective in the recording of his facts , claiming no more for them than their face value ; as an historian ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I THE ANCIENT ORIENT | 3 |
ANCIENT GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY | 21 |
THE ALEXANDRIAN AND POSTALEXANDRIAN EPOCH | 41 |
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