The Decline of Rome and the Rise of Mediaeval Europe
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... classical culture as something rooted in the detested paganism slowly abated as the pagan gods themselves disappeared . Through Christianity the heritage of classical culture was transmitted to the mediaeval world . The Empire Restored ...
... classical culture as something rooted in the detested paganism slowly abated as the pagan gods themselves disappeared . Through Christianity the heritage of classical culture was transmitted to the mediaeval world . The Empire Restored ...
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... classical world . Al- though a Christian education and literature developed , in the early centuries reliance was inevitably placed upon classical literature and learning . An obvious danger lurked here , that Christians might be ...
... classical world . Al- though a Christian education and literature developed , in the early centuries reliance was inevitably placed upon classical literature and learning . An obvious danger lurked here , that Christians might be ...
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... classical authors upon a learned Christian . Even more marked was the impress of a classical education upon Augustine ( 354-430 ) . His Confessions , which describes his own conversion , is one of the greatest of all spiritual ...
... classical authors upon a learned Christian . Even more marked was the impress of a classical education upon Augustine ( 354-430 ) . His Confessions , which describes his own conversion , is one of the greatest of all spiritual ...
Contents
Foreword by Edward Whiting | 1 |
Crisis and Recovery | 25 |
The Ordeal and Triumph of Christianity | 52 |
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