Geofiry de Villehardouin, who gives an account of the Crusades under Innocent III., allow us a curious insight into the history of this period. The spirit of the thirteenth century, the romantic age of religion and war, when everything was done by impulse,... The London Quarterly Review - Page 8edited by - 1862Full view - About this book
| 1861 - 606 pages
...considered as the heroic period of the Middle Ages in France as elsewhere. The Chronicles of Geoffry de Villehardouin, who gives an account of the Crusades...century, the romantic age of religion and war, when every thing was done by impulse, was calculated to manifest the peculiar traits of French character.... | |
| William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1862 - 642 pages
...elsewhere. The Chronicles of Geoffry de Villehardouin, who gives an account of the Crusades tinder Innocent III., allow us a curious insight into the...without theology, simple and artless, believing in the Pope, and at the same time waging war with his agents. The moral of these Chronicles was the will of... | |
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