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,
This Book is Gratefully Dedicated.