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... followed . The first three books of his Historia were written in 842 ; the fourth in 843. For the value of the information and the forthrightness with which it is written , Nithard's work is the most remarkable history of the ninth ...
... followed . The first three books of his Historia were written in 842 ; the fourth in 843. For the value of the information and the forthrightness with which it is written , Nithard's work is the most remarkable history of the ninth ...
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... followed with great caution and in all purely English matters he is utterly untrustworthy . " 17 The beginning of his work is lost so that there is no account of William's youth . He had formerly been a knight who went into orders ...
... followed with great caution and in all purely English matters he is utterly untrustworthy . " 17 The beginning of his work is lost so that there is no account of William's youth . He had formerly been a knight who went into orders ...
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... followed the Gesta of the Anony- mous for events in the East , but is an independent authority for the inception of the movement . His attitude is astonishingly rationalistic ; while recognizing the hand of God in the movement , Guibert ...
... followed the Gesta of the Anony- mous for events in the East , but is an independent authority for the inception of the movement . His attitude is astonishingly rationalistic ; while recognizing the hand of God in the movement , Guibert ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE ANCIENT ORIENT | 3 |
ANCIENT GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY | 21 |
THE ALEXANDRIAN AND POSTALEXANDRIAN EPOCH | 41 |
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