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Brief about Thomas Bulfinch: By info that we know Thomas Bulfinch was born at 1970-01-01. And also Thomas Bulfinch is American Writer.
Some Thomas Bulfinch's quotes. Goto "Thomas Bulfinch's quotation" section for more.Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.
Tags: Cannot, Knowledge, LanguageThe word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms.
Tags: After, Word, YoungThus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education.
Tags: Education, Hope, WorkFor Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.
Tags: Best, Happiness, LiteratureIt was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.
Tags: Century, End, TowardThe earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.
Tags: Appear, Rude, VerseThe preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.
Tags: Arduous, Candidates, EducationIf no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.
Tags: Knowledge, Society, UsefulIt has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them.
Tags: Among, Favorite, OriginalMail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.
Tags: Body, General, YearON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.
Tags: After, Government, PowerReligion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.
Tags: Love, Loyalty, ReligionShields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.
Tags: Cut, Metal, SwordThe other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection.
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