Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 293
the accord of Rome with the barbarians. Thesoul of antiquity was dead, indeed. The monarchiesof the Orient gather up its last echoes, the monasteries stir up its dust. IS ^66 MEDIAEVAL ART The religious communities had remained, up to theCrusades, the only isles of light in darkened Europe.The… … WÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊMoissAC (xii Century). Abacus of a capital of the cloister. were contained within the four walls of a monastery,in old manuscripts thumbed by the hard men whoopposed the necessary counterpoise of the Rule, tothe frightful impulses of a world that had fallen backto the primitive state. But…
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