Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 594
of the Aliscan (Elisii campi),St. Seurin, and Champ-des-Tombes. Othercemeteries, rendered necessary by theincrease in the size of the towns, weremade at about this period. Thus, afterthe accession of the Capet dynasty, thecapital increased so much in size that itwas necessary to limit the space… … muvot Fig. 368.—The Knight of Death, by Albert Durer.—This celebrated engraving, so characteristic ofthe fantastic genius of the Middle Ages, represents a fully-armed knight going to the warswith a presentiment of coming evil, and accompanied by Sin and Death, personified as hisrunning footman and…
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