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problems in medieval history-the feudal
state, the church, and the rivalry between
the empire and the church Each chapter
ends with a brief summary, presenting a
succinct statement of the whole ground
covered by the chapter, which may be
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Furthermore, at intervals through the
book there are inserted with marginal
headings quotations from original sources
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KNIGHTS PRIMER OF ESSENTIAL S
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JAPPE'S ELEMENTS OF GERMAN
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DUMAS. Excursions SUR LES
BORDS DU RHlN" Edited by Theo-
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"FLOREs DE EsPANA." Edited bv
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q series OF 100 graded English exercises to
DE rendered into Latin. These passages a
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