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PRONUNCIATION OF JOHN OF SALISBURY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JOHN OF SALISBURY

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WHAT DOES JOHN OF SALISBURY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

John of Salisbury

John of Salisbury, who described himself as Johannes Parvus, was an English author, educationalist, diplomat and bishop of Chartres, and was born at Salisbury.

Definition of John of Salisbury in the English dictionary

The definition of John of Salisbury in the dictionary is died 1180, English ecclesiastic and scholar; bishop of Chartres. He supported Thomas à Becket against Henry II.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE JOHN OF SALISBURY

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Synonyms and antonyms of John of Salisbury in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

索尔兹伯里的约翰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Juan de Salisbury
570 millions of speakers

English

John of Salisbury
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सेलिसबरी के जॉन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جون من ساليسبري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Джон Солсбери
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

João de Salisbury
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Translator English - Bengali

সলিসবারির জন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Jean de Salisbury
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Translator English - Malay

John of Salisbury
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Translator English - German

Johannes von Salisbury
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Translator English - Japanese

ソールズベリーのジョン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

솔즈베리 의 존
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Translator English - Javanese

John of Salisbury
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Translator English - Vietnamese

John Salisbury
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சாலிஸ்பரி ஜான்
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Translator English - Marathi

सॉलिसबरीचे जॉन
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Translator English - Turkish

John of Salisbury
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Translator English - Italian

Giovanni di Salisbury
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Translator English - Polish

Jan z Salisbury
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Джон Солсбері
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Translator English - Romanian

Ioan de Salisbury
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Translator English - Greek

John of Salisbury
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Translator English - Afrikaans

John van Salisbury
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Translator English - Swedish

Johannes av Salisbury
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Translator English - Norwegian

John av Salisbury
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Trends of use of John of Salisbury

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JOHN OF SALISBURY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about John of Salisbury

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JOHN OF SALISBURY»

Discover the use of John of Salisbury in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to John of Salisbury and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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John of Salisbury: Policraticus
His new translation shows how important this text is in understanding the mores, forms of conduct and beliefs of the most powerful and learned segments of twelfth century Western Europe.
John of Salisbury, Cary J. Nederman, 1990
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The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury: A Twelfth-century ...
Written in 1159 and addressed to Thomas Becket, John of Salisbury's The Metalogicon presents -- and defends -- a thorough study of the liberal arts of grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
John of Salisbury, 2009
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The Historia Pontificalis of John of Salisbury
Edited and translated by: Chibnall, Marjorie;
John (of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres), Marjorie Chibnall, 1986
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John of Salisbury: Military Authority of the Twelfth-Century ...
In John of Salisbury, John D. Hosler examines the military content in the corpus of John of Salisbury, a prodigious writer and major English intellectual figure in the twelfth century A.D.
John Hosler, 2013
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The Letters of John of Salisbury: The early letters (1153-1161)
This unique collection of letters portrays the life and times of John of Salisbury, the devoted secretary of Archbishop Theobald, the faithful friend and counsellor of Beckett, and one of the greatest of medieval scholars.
John (of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres), W. J. Millor, Harold Edgeworth Butler, 1986
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Policraticus: the statesman's book
The history, politics, social life, culture, philosophy, and moral codes of medieval England are illuminated in John of Salisbury's document of twelfth-century life
John (of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres), Murray F. Markland, 1979
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The World of John of Salisbury
The first major study for over forty years of the twelfth-century philosopher and humanist, theologian and courtier, diplomat and political thinker, whose advice to princes, the Policraticus became a classic of medieval literature.
Michael Wilks, 1994
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John of Salisbury's Knowledge of the Classics
CHAPTER I John of Salisbury' s Attitude Toward the Study of the Classics John of Salisbury, the great exponent of the classics in an age which was turning to practical studies, lived at a time when the Church was still the great, if not the sole  ...
August Charles Krey, 1907
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The Letters of John of Salisbury
Vol. 2 published by Clarendon Press, Oxford under title: The letters of John of Salisbury.
John (of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres), W. J. Millor, Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke, 1979
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Lineages of European Political Thought: Explorations Along ...
This book examines some of the salient historiographical and conceptual issues that animate current scholarly debates about the nature of the medieval contribution to modern Western political ideas
Cary J. Nederman, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JOHN OF SALISBURY»

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The Duty Of Lower Magistrates To Face Down The Tyranny Of Same …
John of Salisbury, in his work Policraticus (1159), spoke of the duty of lesser magistrates when faced with tyrannical acts by the higher authority. «Western Journalism, Jun 15»
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The Christian roots of democracy's most iconic document
We find this theory laid out most clearly in the Policraticus of John of Salisbury, which was written in the mid-12th Century. John distinguishes ... «MercatorNet, Jun 15»
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Book Review | Thieves of State
... between 1105 and 1111), John of Salisbury's Policraticus (1159), Machiavelli's The Prince (16th century) to reiterate the importance of justice ... «Livemint, Apr 15»
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'The Devil Wins' Gives Us the Honest Truth About Lies
Which is the focus of Denery's fourth chapter: the world of courts and courtiers (or as John of Salisbury described them in 1159, “flatterers, ... «PopMatters, Mar 15»
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Pastor Educates Lawmakers on Biblical Duty to Resist Tyranny
Even before that, the pastor explained, Western civilization had a firm grasp of the concept, as evidenced by John of Salisbury's 1159 work ... «The New American, Jan 15»
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Children of Light and Children of Darkness
He criticizes John of Salisbury's claim in Policraticus that the church is the soul of society as a “perfect rationalization of clerical political ... «First Things, Aug 14»
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On Compromise and Congressional Brinkmanship
As medieval author John of Salisbury put it, nobles, clergy, and peasants were “members one of another,” and each member “regards his own ... «Religion & Politics, Jan 14»
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A tribute to Sterne on his 300th birthday.
... but also of the quotation from John of Salisbury, which Sterne liberally rewrites and appends as epigraph on the title page of Volume III:. «lareviewofbooks, Nov 13»
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12 Famous Quotes That Always Get Misattributed
John of Salisbury wrote that Bernard of Chartres used to say that "we [the Moderns] are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants [the ... «Business Insider, Oct 13»
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Whatever Godfrey Bloom's fate, Ukip is still giving me sleepless nights
John of Salisbury c. 1120 October 25 1180. Saab J35 Draken Marketing video https://www.youtube.com/watch?... CBN: Malmö, Sweden: ... «New Statesman, Sep 13»

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