The British Quarterly Review, Volume 18Henry Allon Hodder and Stoughton, 1853 - Christianity |
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... provinces now known as forming the South of France ; menacing the Europe to come with the predo- minance of Arabian ideas as to religion , and of Oriental ideas as to government . Charles Martel was then nominal King of B 2.
... provinces now known as forming the South of France ; menacing the Europe to come with the predo- minance of Arabian ideas as to religion , and of Oriental ideas as to government . Charles Martel was then nominal King of B 2.
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... more and more removed from moderation ; how by degrees men became worshippers of ideas , each party insisting that to its idea all France should be assimi- RELIGION IN FRANCE - FRANCIS I. 27 lated ; and 26 FRENCH HISTORY FOR 1853 .
... more and more removed from moderation ; how by degrees men became worshippers of ideas , each party insisting that to its idea all France should be assimi- RELIGION IN FRANCE - FRANCIS I. 27 lated ; and 26 FRENCH HISTORY FOR 1853 .
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... religion . It may be anticipated , that the susceptibilities of the French mind would be powerfully influenced from this source . And , in fact , every phase of the religious , in common with every phase of the political , has had its ...
... religion . It may be anticipated , that the susceptibilities of the French mind would be powerfully influenced from this source . And , in fact , every phase of the religious , in common with every phase of the political , has had its ...
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... religion to him as enemies to all social order whatever . The historian Seckendorff quotes a letter , written from the court of France in 1530 , in which they are accused of desiring the overthrow of princes , the perfect equality of ...
... religion to him as enemies to all social order whatever . The historian Seckendorff quotes a letter , written from the court of France in 1530 , in which they are accused of desiring the overthrow of princes , the perfect equality of ...
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... religion contributed to excite the vilest and most sanguinary passions . The sermons of the League priests were like torches , which set the kingdom in a blaze . The processions were calculated to stimulate the ferocity of the mob , and ...
... religion contributed to excite the vilest and most sanguinary passions . The sermons of the League priests were like torches , which set the kingdom in a blaze . The processions were calculated to stimulate the ferocity of the mob , and ...
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