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
Egypt: cheap labour of 19;
grain ships of 19;
architecture of 90;
conquered by Saladin 103;
slave trade with Venice of 126;
crusaders defeated in 151.
Elizabeth: greed of 257;
severe to clergy 269;
letter about Ely House 270.
England: Lollardy in 186;
Reformation in, an economic phenomenon 190;
debasement of currency in 194;
martyrdoms in 199;
condition of in Middle Ages 202;
new nobility of 212 _et seq._;
convents suppressed in 233 _et seq._;
population of in Middle Ages 243;
social revolution in, in sixteenth century 245, 246;
not originally maritime 254;
seamen of 255;
prosperity of in seventeenth century 292;
industrial revolution in 315;
distress in after 1815 332;
ruin of aristocracy of 341, 348;
money-lenders autocratic in 344;
_see_ Bank, and Church of England, and Yeomen.
Exchanges: _see_ Rome, Constantinople, Eastern trade, Fairs of
Champagne, Venice.
Fairs, _see_ Champagne.
Fetish, _see_ Relics.
Fisher: temperament of 277.
Flotte: chancellor of Philip the Fair 165.
France: convents of in tenth century 72;
Cluny 73;
decentralization of in eleventh century 80;
money of 80;
barbarian invasions of 80;
seat of Gothic architecture 89;
ogive introduced into 95;
emotional in eleventh century 107;
disintegration of in tenth century 152;
kings of enjoy supernatural powers 153;
alliance of crown with clergy 154;
consolidation of under Philip Augustus 158;
centralization of under Saint Louis 165;
depreciation of coinage of 170;
estates of sustain Philip the Fair 174;
castles of 202.
Frumentariæ Leges, _see_ Corn.
Gardiner, Stephen: on _True Obedience_ 265;
rise of 276;
death of 277.
Germans: hunted by Romans for slaves 39;
used as recruits 40;
invade the Empire 46;
character of in fourth century 48;
adopt the gold standard 347.
Glastonbury: suppression of 240.
Godfrey de Bouillon: elected King of Jerusalem 85;
his kingdom 86;
his alliance with Venice 127.
Gold: ratio of to silver in Roman Empire 30;
fall of value of in sixth century 48;
ratio of to silver in thirteenth century 169.
Gold standard: in Rome 31;
under the Merovingians 80;
in England 330;
Overstone’s views on 337;
in Germany 347;
elsewhere 348;
effect of 347.
Gunther: chronicle of 137;
sails with Dandolo 138.
Hanse of London: organization of 158;
trades at fairs of Champagne 159;
Italian merchants frequent 159.
Hastings: Governor-General 310;
policy of 311.
Hattin: battle of 123.
Hawkins, John: a slaver 289.
Héloïse, hymn of 368.
Henry IV., Emperor: breach with Hildebrand 75;
penance at Canossa 77;
death of 77.
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