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Valuable chronicles of the Anglo-Norman monks
Estimation of the intellectual utility of the Middle Age authors 169
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ON THE ROMANCES UPON ARTHUR AND THE ROUND TABLE.
CHAP. VI.
ON TURPIN'S HISTORY OF CHARLEMAGNE AND THE ROMANCES
UPON THIS EMPEROR AND HIS PEERS, AND ON ALEXANDER.
Evidence and reasonings to shew that Turpin's History of
Charlemagne originated from pope Calixtus II.
Appendix 2.
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Inquiry if Jeffry's British History did not originate from the
political views of Henry I.
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269
CHAP. VII.
ON THE LAYS AND
FABLES OF MARIE-ON THE STYLE OF
THE NORMAN TROUVEURS, AND ITS PROGRESS INTO THE
The simple character of the Anglo-Norman poetry
On the language of the Norman Trouveurs
Facility of its rime
Its advantage to English poetry
Intellectual improvement in England
Apparent destruction of literature from the Gothic irruptions, 342
The æra of its reformation
ib.
Ancient literature of the Arabs
On the alleged destruction of the Alexandrian Library
Ancient Arabic writing
Their application to the sciences
They neglect the classical authors
ARABIAN SUBJECT CONTINUED-INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER
OF THE ARABS-AVICENNA'S WORKS-AL GAZEL'S-THEIR
NATURAL HISTORY-USES OF GUN POWDER-PAPER-ARA-
BIAN LOGIC.