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