Author: Charles Isidore Hemans

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-15

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 9780483148925

Excerpt from A History of Mediaeval Christianity and Sacred Art, Vol. 2: In Italy From 1350 to 1400, in Rome From 1350 to 1500 IN the present volume is completed, so far at least as Rome and the Papacy are considered, my attempt to supply a historic sketch Of the rise and vicissitudes of the Christian Church in Italy down to the last year of the fifteenth century. With that period, however, so vast a field, illumined by ever productive genius and marked by extraordinary ener gies, Opens before me, that I have found it necessary to extend the treatment of my subject beyond the limits at first proposed to myself, and undertake to prepare another small volume by way of Appendix to the present. The general aspects of religious life during that century in the Italian cities and regions have yet to be considered as entering into my theme; for I have here confined my attention mainly to Rome as the centre, and to the Supreme Pontificate as the chief re presentative, while scarcely glancing at the movements impelled by, Or affecting, the religious principle and interest elsewhere in the course of the eventful epoch from A. D. 1400 to 1500. With such a subject before me as the Italian Church and Italian Art during the whole Of that century - and seeing that the last Should be the most important section Of the work commenced by me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.