The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay on HistoryAdams, Brooks
Philosophy
The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay on History
Adams, Brooks
Civilization -- History; Degeneration; History -- Philosophy
Barbarians: imported by Roman emperors 39;
lack of in modern times 363;
formed strength of Roman armies 363;
want of weakness in modern civilization 364;
_see_ Coloni.
Boadicea: revolt of 37.
Boleyn, Anne: 212;
sweating sickness 226;
crowned 230.
Boleyn, Thomas: character and rise of 213.
Boniface VIII.: character of 172;
quarrel with Philip 173;
bulls of 174, 175;
seized at Anagni 177.
Bosra: retreat from 119;
miracle at 119, 120.
Boulton, Matthew: rise of 314;
partnership with Watt 316;
debts of 316.
Bullion Committee: 328, 329.
Burleigh, Lord: rise of 213;
hostile to adventurers 256;
family of typical landlords 267.
Cæsar: army of 363.
Capital: centres at Constantinople 28;
Mill’s definition of 313;
accelerates movement 314;
accumulates at London 319;
_see_ England and London.
Carthusians: martyrdom of 221.
Cecil, _see_ Burleigh.
Champagne: fairs of 158;
centres of Eastern trade 158;
decline of 201.
Chantries: confiscation of 259.
Child, Sir Josiah: rise of 294;
estimates England’s wealth 295.
Church, Catholic: _see_ Early Christian;
becomes dominant in Italy 63;
secular character of mediæval clergy of 71;
secular clergy of 73;
claims of under Hildebrand 75;
makes papacy self-perpetuating 75;
emancipates itself from civil power 76, 77;
schism of with Constantinople 78;
character of clergy of at Reformation 264, 265;
miracles of, _see_ Miracles, Cluny, Convents.
Church, Early Christian: socialistic 60;
acquires wealth in third century 60;
officially recognized 61;
favours barbarians 62;
subservient to Roman emperors 62;
based on miracles 63 _et seq._;
imaginative 373;
poverty of 373;
art of 374.
Church, Eastern: remains subject to the emperors 78–88;
architecture of 89;
plundered 145;
art of 376.
Church of England: an economic phenomenon 228;
Henry supreme head of 228;
robbed by landlords 230;
orthodox under Henry VIII. 232;
spoiled by Edward VI. 259, 260;
Calvinistic 262;
docile to lay dictation 264;
faith of regulated by statute 266;
without fixed faith 268;
ruled by Elizabeth 269;
hated by Puritans and Catholics 270;
divine right distinctive doctrine of 271;
organized as police by landlords 272;
mercenary 273;
types of clergy of 275;
great bishops of 276 _et seq._;
upheld by James I. 284;
persecutes Puritans under Bancroft 285.
Clairvaux: foundation of 109;
appeals to pope against Philip the Fair 172;
_see_ Saint Bernard.
Claudius, Appius: a usurer 7;
enslaves Virginia 8;
enforces usury laws 9.
Clement V.: election of 178;
bargain with Philip 178;
entices Molay to Paris 180;
persecutes Templars 181;
tries Molay 184;
death of 185.
Clermont: council of 83.
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