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Quotation from Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bulfinch

“The tales, though not to be trusted for their facts, are worthy of all credit as pictures of manners”

Thomas Bulfinch (spoken by Bulfinch)

Legends of Charlemagne, Author's Preface (Project Gutenberg #4927)

Portrait of Thomas Bulfinch

Bulfinch explains what a reader can learn from medieval romance: not history, but the manners and ways of thinking of an age.

Citation: "The tales, though not to be trusted for their facts, are worthy of all credit as pictures of manners" — Thomas Bulfinch, Legends of Charlemagne, Author's Preface (Project Gutenberg #4927). (id bulfinch-legends-of-charlemagne-q1)

Portrait: ThomasBulfinch, Bulfinch, Public domain.

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