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For centuries after the fall of Rome, the Church held enormous influence and power in the world. The power to consecrate kings, to collect and distribute money, to heal and excommunicate sinners. It is hard for us in the world today to even comprehend how much power the pope and the church really had. It was the force that held most of Western Europe together and allowed it to grow into the countries that we are familiar with today. The influence that nurtured the people until they became strong enough to live without its influence and throw off its stultifying habits and allow science and reason to take its place.
Briefly, on the works that I have selected: In regard to the "Canterbury Tales"; when stating preferred sections of the book Mr. Durant just writes "Selections", I am not quite sure how to interpret that, so I will read the whole book, you may use your own disgression! (I have waited all my life to find a good circumstance to use that phrase!!) Mr. Durant recommends a five volume edition of Hippolyte Taine's "History of English Literature"; I can find a four volume editon and a one volume (Complete, NOT Abridged) edition and have chosen the one volume edition to minimize the number of volumes that have to be downloaded, I have the links, if someone prefers the four volume edition.
GROUP 5: THE AGE OF CHRISTIANITY
8) Breasted and Robinson's "The Human Adventure"
Begin reading Volume 2 of Selection #8, Robinson's "The Ordeal of Civilization," reading chapters 1-11.
This volume is not available as an eBook at this time.
5) H.G. Wells' "The Outline of History"
Resume reading Selection #5 completing chapters 30-34.
30) Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
Continue reading Selection #30, finishing chapters 37-38, 47-53,55-59, 64-65 and 68-70.
31) Omar Khayyam's "The Rubaiyat"
Read the entire selection.
32) George Moore's "Helois and Aberlard" in 2 volumes.
Read the entire selection.
"Helois and Aberlard" Volume 1 from The Internet Archive
"Helois and Aberlard" Volume 2 from The Internet Archive 33) Dante's "The Divine Comedy"
Read the entire selection.
"Hell" from The Internet Archive
"Purgatory" from The Internet Archive "Paradise" from The Internet Archive 34) Hippolyte Taine's "History of English Literature"
Read Book 1 and Book 2 Chapters 1-2.
35) Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales"
Read the entire selection.
36) Henry Adams' "Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres"
Read the entire selection.
12) Henry Smith Williams' "History of Science"
Begin reading Volume 2 of Selection #12, finishing chapters 1-3.
11) Elie Faure's "History of Art" (Group 2)
Continue reading Volume 2 of Selection #11, finishing chapters 4-9.
This volume is not available as an eBook at this time.
37) Cecil Gray's "History of Music"
Read chapters 1-3 and 5.
This volume is not available as an eBook at this time.
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