Quotes by Lynn Thorndike

"medieval English literature reached its height after the plague in the writings of William Langland and Geoffrey Chaucer"

"North of the Alps almost any Italians engaged in banking were indiscriminately called “Lombards,” and Lombard Street was the center of the financial district of London."

"The poets of other countries learned from the troubadours many lessons in literary form; their refining influence upon manners was also widely felt and their attitude toward woman was generally adopted."