The Sports And Pastimes of the People of England From the Earliest Period, Including the Rural And Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions And Pompous Spectacles
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Thus, even among barbarians," adds the author, " rage gave way to wisdom, and Mars submitted to the Muses." The Northern Scalds. — The scalds^ were the poets and the musicians of the ancient northern nations ; they resembled the bards of the Britons, and were held in equal veneration by their countrymen. The scalds were considered as necessary appendages to royalty, and even the inferior chieftains had their poets to record their actions and indulge their vanity.
The Anglo-Saxon Gleemen. — Upon... the establishment of the Saxons in Britain, these poetical musicians were their chief favourites ; the courts of the kings and the residences of the opulent afforded them a constant asylum ; their persons were protected, and admission granted to them without the least restraint. In the Anglo-Saxon language they were distinguished by two appellations ; the one equivalent to the modern term of gleemen or merry- makers, and the other harpers, derived from the harp, an instrument on which ' Ammianus Marcell.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Thus, even among barbarians," adds the author, " rage gave way to wisdom, and Mars submitted to the Muses." The Northern Scalds. — The scalds^ were the poets and the musicians of the ancient northern nations ; they resembled the bards of the Britons, and were held in equal veneration by their countrymen. The scalds were considered as necessary appendages to royalty, and even the inferior chieftains had their poets to record their actions and indulge their vanity.
The Anglo-Saxon Gleemen. — Upon... the establishment of the Saxons in Britain, these poetical musicians were their chief favourites ; the courts of the kings and the residences of the opulent afforded them a constant asylum ; their persons were protected, and admission granted to them without the least restraint. In the Anglo-Saxon language they were distinguished by two appellations ; the one equivalent to the modern term of gleemen or merry- makers, and the other harpers, derived from the harp, an instrument on which ' Ammianus Marcell.
What to read after The Sports And Pastimes of the People of England From the Earliest Period, Including the Rural And Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions And Pompous Spectacles?
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