TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. —Whereas adequate character is unavalaible, superscripts are rendered as word^[sup]. LUTHER NIHIL OBSTAT _Sti. Ludovici, die 26 Jan., 1913._ F. G. HOLWECK, _Censor_. IMPRIMATUR _Sti. Ludovici, die 30 Jan., 1913._ JOHANNES J. GLENNON, _Archiepiscopus Sti. Ludovici_. LUTHER BY HARTMANN GRISAR, S. J. PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK AUTHORISED TRANSLATION FROM THE GERMAN BY E. M. LAMOND EDITED BY LUIGI CAPPADELTA VOLUME I LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LTD. BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74 CARTER LANE, E.C. 1913 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ │ │ │ │ In Three Volumes. Royal 8vo, each 15s. net. │ │ │ │ HISTORY OF ROME AND THE POPES IN THE MIDDLE AGES │ │ │ │ │ │ Authorised English Translation, edited by LUIGI │ │ CAPPADELTA. Profusely Illustrated. With maps, plans, │ │ and photographs of basilicas, mosaics, coins, and other │ │ memorials. │ │ │ │ “The present work might be described as a history of │ │ the mediæval Popes, with the history of the City of │ │ Rome and of its civilization as a background, the │ │ author’s design being so to combine the two stories │ │ as to produce a true picture of what Rome was in the │ │ Middle Ages.”—_Author’s Preface._ │ │ │ │ The three volumes now issued represent Volume I in the │ │ bulky German original. This portion of Father Grisar’s │ │ great enterprise is self-contained, and the history is │ │ brought down to the epoch of St. Gregory I. │ │ │ │ “A valuable and interesting book, well translated ... │ │ will, we are sure, be welcomed by all students and │ │ lovers of Rome, whether Catholic or not.”—_The Tablet._ │ │ │