A Handbook of German LiteratureG. Bell and sons, 1895 - 157 pages |
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... later period . No attempt has been made to deal with many of the less important modern writers , and the effort throughout has been to bring the greatest into greatest prominence , as the most fruitful and effective beginning of all ...
... later period . No attempt has been made to deal with many of the less important modern writers , and the effort throughout has been to bring the greatest into greatest prominence , as the most fruitful and effective beginning of all ...
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... later generations write . Mythology . In the earliest times all the Aryan or Indo - Germanic tribes worshipped one god , the Aryan Dyaus ( Greek - Zeus ) ; later , different tribes preferred dif- ferent gods . The Goths and Vandals ...
... later generations write . Mythology . In the earliest times all the Aryan or Indo - Germanic tribes worshipped one god , the Aryan Dyaus ( Greek - Zeus ) ; later , different tribes preferred dif- ferent gods . The Goths and Vandals ...
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Mary Elizabeth Phillips. material for poetic treatment at a later period when the German epic was in its full glory . Translation of the Bible by Ulfilas . - Christianity was preached among the Teutons at a time when Arianism was rife in ...
Mary Elizabeth Phillips. material for poetic treatment at a later period when the German epic was in its full glory . Translation of the Bible by Ulfilas . - Christianity was preached among the Teutons at a time when Arianism was rife in ...
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... festivities . The patronage of poets and poetry was now general among the nobles , and in many of the courts of German princes . Hermann , Landgrave of Thuringia especially , a little later , made III "ERSTE BLÜTEZEIT (CONTINUED)
... festivities . The patronage of poets and poetry was now general among the nobles , and in many of the courts of German princes . Hermann , Landgrave of Thuringia especially , a little later , made III "ERSTE BLÜTEZEIT (CONTINUED)
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Mary Elizabeth Phillips. Landgrave of Thuringia especially , a little later , made him- self famous in this respect . Veldeke enjoyed his full share of fame . The work which first made him celebrated among his contemporaries was his ...
Mary Elizabeth Phillips. Landgrave of Thuringia especially , a little later , made him- self famous in this respect . Veldeke enjoyed his full share of fame . The work which first made him celebrated among his contemporaries was his ...
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