BOOK I
THE GROUNDWORK |
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| CHAPTER I |
| Genesis of the Mediaeval Genius | 3 |
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| CHAPTER II |
| The Latinizing of the West | 23 |
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| CHAPTER III |
| Greek Philosophy as the Antecedent of the Patristic Apprehension of Fact | 33 |
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| CHAPTER IV |
| Intellectual Interests of the Latin Fathers | 61 |
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| CHAPTER V |
| Latin Transmitters of Antique and Patristic Thought | 88 |
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| CHAPTER VI |
| The Barbaric Disruption of the Empire | 110 |
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| CHAPTER VII |
| The Celtic Strain in Gaul and Ireland | 124 |
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| CHAPTER VIII |
| Teuton Qualities: Anglo-Saxon, German, Norse | 138 |
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| CHAPTER IX |
| The Bringing of Christianity and Antique Knowledge to the Northern Peoples | 169 |
| I. | Irish Activities; Columbanus of Luxeuil. |
| II. | Conversion of the English; the learning of Bede and Alfred. |
| III. | Gaul and Germany; from Clovis to St. Winifried-Boniface. |
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BOOK II
THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES |
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| CHAPTER X |
| Carolingian Period: the First Stage in the Appropriation of the Patristic and Antique | 207 |
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| CHAPTER XI |
| Mental Aspects of the Eleventh Century: Italy | 238 |
| I. | From Charlemagne to Hildebrand. |
| II. | The Human Situation. |
| III. | The Italian Continuity of Antique Culture. |
| IV. | Italy’s Intellectual Piety: Peter Damiani and St. Anselm. |
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| CHAPTER XII |
| Mental Aspects of the Eleventh Century: France | 280 |
| I. | Gerbert. |
| II. | Odilo of Cluny. |
| III. | Fulbert and the School of Chartres; Trivium and Quadrivium. |
| IV. | Berengar of Tours, Roscellin, and the coming time. |
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| CHAPTER XIII |
| Mental Aspects of the Eleventh Century: Germany; England | 307 |
| I. | German Appropriation of Christianity and Antique Culture. |
| II. | Othloh’s Spiritual Conflict. |
| III. | England; Closing Comparisons. |
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| CHAPTER XIV |
| The Growth of Mediaeval Emotion | 330 |
| I. | The Patristic Chart of Passion. |
| II. | Emotionalizing of Latin Christianity. |
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BOOK III
THE IDEAL AND THE ACTUAL: THE SAINTS |
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| CHAPTER XV |
| The Reforms of Monasticism | 353 |
Mediaeval Extremes; Benedict of Aniane; Cl
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