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Romanorum, Gesta

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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A popular medieval collection of anecdotes with moral reflections, compiled in Latin, probably by a priest, either in the 13th or 14th centuries. Its purpose was to provide preachers with moral anecdotes. Many were taken front Roman history, and later from Latin and German chronicles; and Borne from Oriental sources. Many of these have been preserved in English literature by Chaucer, Lydgate, Shakespeare, and others.

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Entry for 'Romanorum, Gesta'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​r/romanorum-gesta.html. 1910.
 
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