Medieval Essays (The Works of Christopher Dawson)

Contents

Contents Introduction, by John F. Boyle vii Acknowledgments 3 i. The Study of Christian Culture 5 ii. The Christian East and the Oriental Background of Christian Culture 15 iii. The Christian West and the Fall of the Empire 28 iv. The Sociological Foundations of Medieval Christendom 49 v. Church and State in the Middle Ages 67 vi. The Theological Development of Medieval Culture 84 vii. The Moslem West and the Oriental Background of Later Medieval Culture 103 viii. The Scientific Development of Medieval Culture 118 ix. The Literary Development of Medieval Culture 143 x. The Feudal Society and the Christian Epic 160 xi. The Origins of the Romantic Tradition 183 xii. The Vision of Piers Plowman 206 Index 235 ...