THE RISE OF THE MEDIAEVAL CHURCH AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE CIVILISATION OF WESTERN EUROPE FROM THE FIRST TO THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY

BY

ALEXANDER CLARENCE FLICK, Ph. D., Litt. D.

BURT FRANKLIN

New York, N. Y.

TO

HENRY C. LEA

Who through his numerous scholarly monographs has earned the foremost place among American Church historians, both at home and abroad,

AND TO

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ADOLPH HARNACK

To whom both the Old and the New World are profoundly indebted for his scholarly labours, and from whose inspiration in public lectures and private conferences this work derived much that is best in it,

This Book is Gratefully Dedicated.