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Medieval Latin literature
(Encyclopedia)Medieval Latin literature, literary works written in the Latin language during the Middle Ages. Many literary genres were already being taken over by writing in the vernacular, which had begun in...early man
(Encyclopedia)early man: see human evolution.medieval philosophy
(Encyclopedia)medieval philosophy: see scholasticism. ...Fertő tó
(Encyclopedia)Fertő tó, lake: see Neusiedler Lake, Austria and Hungary. ...Iwo To
(Encyclopedia)Iwo To: see Iwo Jima.literature
(Encyclopedia)literature. For the literature of England, see English literature; for that of Germany, see German literature, and so forth. For the forms of literary art, see biography, essay, novel, theater, letter...Early, Jubal Anderson
(Encyclopedia)Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816–94, Confederate general, b. Franklin co., Va., grad. West Point, 1837. After fighting against the Seminole in Florida he resigned from the army (1838), studied law, and p...Georgian literature
(Encyclopedia)Georgian literature. Early Georgian literature shows the influence of two distinctly different civilizations—medieval Eastern Orthodox Christianity and, later, Persia. The Passion of St. Shushanik, ...Horn, early English romance
(Encyclopedia)Horn: see King Horn.commune, in medieval history
(Encyclopedia)commune kômˈyo͞on [key], in medieval history, collective institution that developed in continental Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. Because of the importance of the commune in municipal g...Browse by Subject
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