The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, Volume 2Bell, 1886 |
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... literature disappeared ; sacred literature alone remained - This is evident in the schools and writings of this epoch - 1 . Of the schools in Gaul from the sixth to the eighth century - Cathedral schools - Rural schools - Monastic ...
... literature disappeared ; sacred literature alone remained - This is evident in the schools and writings of this epoch - 1 . Of the schools in Gaul from the sixth to the eighth century - Cathedral schools - Rural schools - Monastic ...
Page vii
... literature properly so called ; still minds were active - Its literature consists in sermons and legends- Bishops and missionaries - 1st , Of Saint Cesaire , bishop of Arles - Of his sermons - 2nd , Of Saint Columban , missionary , and ...
... literature properly so called ; still minds were active - Its literature consists in sermons and legends- Bishops and missionaries - 1st , Of Saint Cesaire , bishop of Arles - Of his sermons - 2nd , Of Saint Columban , missionary , and ...
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... literature disappeared . sacred literature alone remained - This is evident in the schools and writings of this epoch - 1 . Of the schools in Gaul from the sixth to the eighth century - Cathedral schools - Rural schools - Monastic ...
... literature disappeared . sacred literature alone remained - This is evident in the schools and writings of this epoch - 1 . Of the schools in Gaul from the sixth to the eighth century - Cathedral schools - Rural schools - Monastic ...
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... literature become entirely religious , but , religious , it ceased to be literary ; there was no longer any literature , properly so called . In the finest times of Greece and Rome , and in Gaul , up to the fall of the Roman empire ...
... literature become entirely religious , but , religious , it ceased to be literary ; there was no longer any literature , properly so called . In the finest times of Greece and Rome , and in Gaul , up to the fall of the Roman empire ...
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... literature , properly so called , no dis- interested intellectual activity distinct from positive life . It has been thence concluded , and you have surely heard it said , you may everywhere read , that this was a time of apathy and ...
... literature , properly so called , no dis- interested intellectual activity distinct from positive life . It has been thence concluded , and you have surely heard it said , you may everywhere read , that this was a time of apathy and ...
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