Thomas Bulfinch

It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its…

— Thomas Bulfinch

“(wonderful to relate)”

— Thomas Bulfinch

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of…

— Thomas Bulfinch

“Alas! For shame," said Sir Launcelot, "that ever one knight should betray another! But it is an old saw, a good man…

— Thomas Bulfinch

The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily…

— Thomas Bulfinch

Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting…

— Thomas Bulfinch

The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the…

— Thomas Bulfinch

We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and…

— Thomas Bulfinch

The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.

— Thomas Bulfinch

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station…

— Thomas Bulfinch

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy

— Thomas Bulfinch

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut…

— Thomas Bulfinch

“Your arrows may strike all things else, Apollo, but mine shall strike you.”

— Thomas Bulfinch

“So near the track of the stars are we, That oft, on night's pale beams, The distant sounds of their harmony Come…

— Thomas Bulfinch

The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.

— Thomas Bulfinch

Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious…

— Thomas Bulfinch

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

— Thomas Bulfinch

Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm…

— Thomas Bulfinch

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.

— Thomas Bulfinch

The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about…

— Thomas Bulfinch

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

— Thomas Bulfinch

It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.

— Thomas Bulfinch