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Published in 1901, this book provides an English and French version
of the 1303 text by Robert Manning of Brunne. Handlyng Synne was
adapted from an Anglo-Norman work attributed to William of
Waddington, the Manuel de Pechiez. It consists of more than 12,000
lines of verse, arranged in four-stress couplets. It is a
discussion of the ten commandments, the seven deadly sins, the
seven sacraments, and the elements of confession, illustrated
throughout by exempla, or moral anecdotes, thirteen of which do not
appear in the Manuel. Handlyng Synne has been described as "a
reduction of the world's experience to a comprehensive moral
scheme".
Published in 1901, this book provides an English and French version
of the 1303 text by Robert Manning of Brunne. Handlyng Synne was
adapted from an Anglo-Norman work attributed to William of
Waddington, the Manuel de Pechiez. It consists of more than 12,000
lines of verse, arranged in four-stress couplets. It is a
discussion of the ten commandments, the seven deadly sins, the
seven sacraments, and the elements of confession, illustrated
throughout by exempla, or moral anecdotes, thirteen of which do not
appear in the Manuel. Handlyng Synne has been described as "a
reduction of the world's experience to a comprehensive moral
scheme".
1874. This book contains Volumes I and II of IV. Lovelich's work is
from the French prose (AB. 1180-1200 AD) of Sires Robiers De
Borron. The legend of the Holy Grail is one of the most enduring in
Western European literature and art. The Grail was said to be the
cup of the Last Supper and at the Crucifixion to have received
blood flowing from Christ's side. It was brought to Britain by
Joseph of Arimathea, where it lay hidden for centuries. The search
for the vessel became the principal quest of the knights of King
Arthur. It was believed to be kept in a mysterious castle
surrounded by a wasteland and guarded by a custodian called the
Fisher King, who suffered from a wound that would not heal. His
recovery and the renewal of the blighted lands depended upon the
successful completion of the quest. Equally, the self-realisation
of the questing knight was assured by finding the Grail. The
magical properties attributed to the Holy Grail have been plausibly
traced to the magic vessels of Celtic myth that satisfied the
tastes and needs of all who ate and drank from them. See other
volumes of this work available from Kessinger Publishing. Volume 2
ISBN 0766189430.
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Early English meals and manners - John Russell's Boke of nurture, Wynkyn de Worde's Boke of keruynge, The boke of curtasye, R. Weste's Booke of demeanor, Seager's Schoole of vertue, The babees book, Aristotle's A B C, Urbanitatis, Stans puer ad mensam, The lytylle childrenes lytil boke, Fo (Paperback)
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