James J. Walsh
THE THIRTEENTH GREATEST OF CENTURIES
General Index
PROEMIUM
PREFACE
CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION. THE THIRTEENTH, THE GREATEST OF CENTURIES
II. UNIVERSITIES AND PREPARATORY SCHOOLS.
III. WHAT AND HOW THEY STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITIES.
IV. THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND DISCIPLINE.
V. POST-GRADUATE WORK AT THE UNIVERSITIES.
VI. THE BOOK OF THE ARTS AND POPULAR EDUCATION.
VII. ARTS AND CRAFTS. GREAT TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.
VIII. GREAT ORIGINS IN PAINTING.
IX. LIBRARIES AND BOOKMEN.
X. THE CID, THE HOLY GRAIL, THE NIBELUNGEN.
XI. MEISTERSINGERS MINNESINGIERS, TROUVERES, TROUBADOURS.
XII. GREAT LATIN HYMNS AND CHURCH MUSIC.
XIII. THREE MOST READ BOOKS OF THE CENTURY.
XIV. SOME THIRTEENTH CENTURY PROSE.
XV. ORIGIN OF THE DRAMA.
XVI. FRANCIS THE SAINT. THE FATHER OF THE RENAISSANCE.
XVII. AQUINAS THE SCHOLAR.
XVIII. ST. LOUIS THE MONARCH.
XIX. DANTE THE POET.
XX. THE WOMEN OF THE CENTURY.
XXI. CITY HOSPITALS. ORGANIZED CHARITY.
XXII. GREAT ORIGINS IN LAW.
XXIII. JUSTICE AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENT.
XXIV. DEMOCRACY, CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM AND NATIONALITY.
XXV. GREAT EXPLORERS AND THE FOUNDATION OF GEOGRAPHY.
XXVI. GREAT BEGINNINGS OF MODERN COMMERCE.
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