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71Byzantine literature — may be defined as the Greek literature of the Middle Ages, whether written in the territory of the Byzantine Empire or outside its bordersEncyclopaedia Britannica Greek literature: Byzantine literature ] . It forms the second period in the… …
72Beowulf — /bay euh woolf /, n. 1. (italics) an English alliterative epic poem, probably written in the early 8th century A.D. 2. the hero of this poem. * * * Heroic poem considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European …
73LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… …
74Troubadour — A troubadour (IPA: IPA| [tɾuβaˈðuɾ] , originally IPA| [tɾuβaˈðoɾ] ) was a composer and performer of Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100 ndash;1350). The troubadour school or tradition began in the eleventh century in Occitania …
75Russian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Russian language, beginning with the Christianization of Kievan Rus in the late 10th century. The unusual shape of Russian literary history has been the source of numerous… …
76Divine Comedy, The — (Commedia) by Dante Alighieri (1307–1321) Italian poet DANTE ALIGHIERI’s Divine Comedy is one of the seminal works of Western culture and the unrivaled greatest literary text of the European Middle Ages. The poem is epic in scope, telling… …
77Rudyard Kipling — Infobox Writer name = Rudyard Kipling caption =Kipling in his study, 1895 pseudonym = birthname = birthdate = birth date|1865|12|30|mf=y birthplace = Bombay, India deathdate = death date and age|df=yes|1936|1|18|1865|12|30 deathplace = Middlesex… …
78Order of Preachers — Order of Preachers † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Preachers As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of St. Dominic, we shall include under this title the two other parts of the order: the… …
79Dante — (Dante Alighieri, 1265 1321) Italy s greatest poet, known principally for his epic poem depicting his own spiritual conversion, La divina commedia/The Divine Comedy (written 1304 1319). Although he ended by being a great literary figure, his… …
80Pierre de Ronsard — For the main belt asteroid, see 10139 Ronsard. Portrait of Ronsard by an unknown artist, ca. 1620 …
