The Coming of the Friars and Other Historic Essays
Publisher: Ayer Co Pub
Published: June 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780836966961
Subjects: History; Literary Criticism; Medieval period, 1066-1485; Great Britain
First sentence: WHEN King Richard of England, whom men call the Lion-hearted, was wasting his time at Messina, after his boisterous fashion in the winter of 1190, he heard of the fame of Abbot Joachim, and sent fro that renowned personage, that he might hear from his own lips the words of prophecy and their interpretation.
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