...been laid by real historical events. It appears, by the author's Preface, to be one of " a series of Romances illustrative of European feelings and manners in ancient times, in middle, and in modern." The scene is laid in France, in the early part of the thirteenth century ; and the events almost entirely...

...Appleton, New York.] 1216-7. MATURIN, CR The Albigenses : a Romance. 1824 One of a series of three romances " illustrative of European feelings and manners in ancient times, in middle, and in modern." Describes the Civil \Var in Langucdoc that followed De Montfort's crusade against the heretics. Raymond...

...was intended to be but the first series of a great trilogy, 'illustrative,' as stated in the preface, 'of European feelings and manners in ancient times, in middle, and in modern.' How the second and third parts had been planned is thus described: The more subtle policy, improved...

...was intended to be but the first series of a great trilogy, 'illustrative/ as stated in the preface, 'of European feelings and manners in ancient times, in middle, and in modern.' How the second and third parts had been planned is thus described: The more subtle policy, improved...

...of four volumes and nearly 1500 pages, it was conceived of by him as but the first part of a trilogy "illustrative of European feelings and manners in ancient times, in middle, and in modern." Much has been said of the influence of Scott and the popularity of his historical novels in Maturin...

...the "Preface" to Charles Maturin, The Albigenses: A Romance (London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1824): "The present work is a part of a series, and is the...manners in ancient times, in middle, and in modern." Illustrative works on Scott were a pervasive feature of his career. For instance, the Criminal Trials,...