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adbyecclesiastics
thesoleLatinscholarsofthosetimes
and
Geoffrey'sBritishoriginalwouldcontributetothegratificationofWelsh-
men;butneithercouldbecomeextensivelypopulartilltranslatedinto
somelanguageofgeneralandfamiliaruse.TheAnglo-Saxonwasatthat
timeusedonlybyaconqueredandenslavednation;theSpanishand
Italianlanguageswerenotyetformed;theNormanFrenchalonewas
spokenandunderstoodbythenobilityinthegreaterpartofEurope
and
therefore was a proper vehicle for the new mode of composition.
ThatlanguagewasfashionableinEnglandbeforetheConquest
and
became
afterthatevent
theonlylanguageusedatthecourtofLondon.
AsthevariousconquestsoftheNormans
andtheenthusiasticvalorof
thatextraordinarypeople
hadfamiliarizedthemindsofmenwiththe
mostmarvellousevents
theirpoetseagerlyseizedthefabulouslegends
ofArthurandCharlemagne
translatedthemintothelanguageofthe
day
andsoonproducedavarietyofimitations.Theadventuresattrib-
utedtothesemonarchs
andtotheirdistinguishedwarriors
together
withthoseofmanyothertraditionaryorimaginaryheroes
composedby
degreesthatformidablebodyofmarvelloushistorieswhich
fromthe
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