Confessio Amantis Of John Gower; Volume 2
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A collection of medieval poems written in Middle English by John Gower, exploring the concept of love and the vices and virtues which affect it.
Georg Reinhold Pauli, vaak bekend en simpelweg gepubliceerd als Reinhold Pauli, was een Duitse historicus die de Engelse geschiedenis bestudeerde en erover schreef.






A collection of medieval poems written in Middle English by John Gower, exploring the concept of love and the vices and virtues which affect it.
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