The Rise of the Mediaeval Church / And Its Influence on the Civilization of Western Europe from the First to the Thirteenth Century
Alexander Clarence Flick
History
Book language: English
578 pages
This historical work by Alexander Clarence Flick traces the rise of the medieval church and its influence on the civilization of Western Europe from the first to the thirteenth century. A broad survey of church, political, and cultural history, it offers listeners a useful framework for understanding that long period.
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Transcriber's Notes: Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. Ellipses match the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. A complete list as well as other notes follows the text. For full functionality of this file, download the html version. THE RISE OF THE MEDIAEVAL CHURCH AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE CIVILISATION OF WESTERN EUROPE FROM THE FIRST TO THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY BY ALEXANDER CLARENCE FLICK, Ph. D., Litt. D. Printing Press
BURT FRANKLIN
New York, N. Y.
TO
HENRY C. LEA
Who through his numerous scholarly monographs has earned the foremost place among American Church historians, both at home and abroad,
AND TO
PROFESSOR DOCTOR ADOLPH HARNACK
To whom both the Old and the New World are profoundly indebted for his scholarly labours, and from whose inspiration in public lectures and private conferences this work derived much that is best in it,
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PREFACE
The educational value of any subject depends primarily upon its own intrinsic value. The teaching of Church history for ten years as a regular course in liberal arts, side by side with the "orthodox" courses in history, has demonstrated beyond question that this subject can be made at once very popular and very valuable. It has proved its right
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