...COUNT OF POITOU. THE firft Troubadour on record was a Prince, Williarn, Count of Poitou ; he lived at the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth century. Chara&ers, in thofe early ages, were feen without difguife even in a Court, and art was not then employed...

...on record^ as has been mentioned above, was, a prince ; viz. William, count of Poitou ; who lived at the end of the eleventh, and the beginning of the twelfth century. The hiftorian informs us, that he united figure, fenfe, and courage, to the advantages of birth, and...

...of Europe. SiGEBERTjJ a monk of Gemblours, (Sigebertus Gemblacensis,) who was highly celebrated at the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth century for his Greek and Hebrew learning, and his intrepid defence of the rights of the civil power against the...

...Ecclesiastical historians of the Middle Ages. This accomplished monk, who was so highly celebrated towards the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth century for his Greek and Hebrew learning, and his intrepid defence of the rights of the civil power against the...

...death of Cadwallader, 689, to the year 1080, few poems of any great merit were produced ; but towards the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth century a host of bards made their appearance ; the compositions were of a superior character, and princes...

...those on the sides have not), which are very much of the character of some of the Catacomb pictures. At the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth century a great revival took place in art. Of this period we have the remarkable frescoes of Beno de Rapiza,...

...those on the sides have not), which are very much of the character of some of the Catacomb pictures. At the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth century a great revival took place in art. Of this period we have the remarkable frescoes of Beno de Rapiza,...

...those on the sides have not), which are very much of the character of some of the Catacomb pictures. At the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth century a great revival took place in art. Of this period we have the remarkable frescoes of Beno de Rapiza,...

...knowledge of the arts and sciences, and a 1 Omar Khayyam, the astronomer-poet of Persia, who flourished at the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth century, must be separated from the race of Oriental poets. He has been compared with Lucretius, and in speculative...

...architectural interest, their horizontal ceilings being at first supported by beams of wood. It was not until the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth century that the introduction of vaulting led to a monumental treatment of the piers and columns. In the eastern...