The Mediaeval Mind (Vol. 1&2)

'The Mediaeval Mind' in 2 volumes is one of the best-known works by the American historian Henry Osborn Taylor that features the history of the development of thought and emotion in the Middle Ages. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Volume 1: The Groundwork: Genesis of the Mediaeval Genius The Latinizing of the West Greek Philosophy as the Antecedent of the Patristic Apprehension of Fact Intellectual Interests of the Latin Fathers Latin Transmitters of Antique and Patristic Thought The Barbaric Disruption of the Empire The Celtic Strain in Gaul and Ireland Teuton Qualities: Anglo-Saxon, German, Norse The Bringing of Christianity and Antique Knowledge to the Northern Peoples... The Early Middle Ages: Carolingian Period Mental Aspects of the 11th Century: Italy Mental Aspects of the 11th Century: France Mental Aspects of the 11th Century: Germany; England The Growth of Mediaeval Emotion... The Ideal and the Actual - The Saints: The Reforms of Monasticism The Hermit Temper The Quality of Love in St. Bernard St. Francis of Assisi Mystic Visions of Ascetic Women The Spotted Actuality... The Ideal and the Actual - Society: Feudalism and Knighthood Romantic Chivalry and Courtly Love Parzival, the Brave Man slowly Wise... Volume 2: The Heart of Heloïse German Considerations Symbolism: Scriptural Allegories in the Early Middle Ages The Rationale of the Visible World: Hugo of St. Victor Cathedral and Mass; Hymn and Imaginative Poem... Latinity and Law: The Spell of the Classics Evolution of Mediaeval Latin Prose Evolution of Mediaeval Latin Verse Mediaeval Appropriation of the Roman Law... Ultimate Intellectual Interests of the 12th and 13th Centuries: Scholasticism: Spirit, Scope, and Method Classification of Topics; Stages of Evolution Twelfth-Century Scholasticism The Universities, Aristotle, and the Mendicants Bonaventura Albertus Magnus Thomas Aquinas Roger Bacon Duns Scotus and Occam The Mediaeval Synthesis: Dante...

Henry Osborn Taylor (1856-1941) was an American historian and legal scholar. Taylor graduated from Harvard University in 1878 and, later, from Columbia Law School. Taylor was a philosopher and the author of several important works on ancient and medieval history. In 1927, he served as the president of the American Historical Association.