This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... although the tribes farther east were brought under the rule of the Greek Catholic Church. In the early part of the seventh century Mohammed The founded a new religion which spread within a few years over western Asia and within a century over northern Africa and into Europe. The spread of Islam, the faith of "Allah ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... although the tribes farther east were brought under the rule of the Greek Catholic Church. In the early part of the seventh century Mohammed The founded a new religion which spread within a few years over western Asia and within a century over northern Africa and into Europe. The spread of Islam, the faith of "Allah and his Prophet," was checked at Tours by Charles Martel, 732. Mohammedanism was valuable to the Orient, and in the West it kept alive learning and the arts during the early Middle Ages. General References Robinson, History of Western Europe, 44-66. Duruy, History of the Middle Ages, 71-90. Bemond and Monod (Adams), Medieval Europe, 115-147. Ogg, Source Book of Medieval History, 72-104. Emerson, Introduction to the Middle Ages, 92-134. Adams, Civilization During the Middle Ages, 107-136. Topics Growth Of The Papacy: Robinson, History of Western Europe, 44-55; Emerton, Introduction, 102-113; Adams, Civilization During the Middle Ages, 107-136. The Conversion Of England: Emerton, Introduction, 110113; Green, Short History of English People, 17-18, 21-30; Ogg, Source Book, 72-77; Hutton, The Church and the Barbarians, 113-122. Studies 1. Gregory the Great. Hodges, Saints and Heroes, 99-112. 2. The rule of St. Benedict. Ogg, Source Book of Medieval History, 83-90. 3. Economic influence of the monasteries. Cunningham, Western Civilization, II, 35-40. 4. The Mission of Augustine. Ogg, Source Book, 72-77'. 5. Christian missions in Gaul and Germany in the seventh and eighth centuries. Munro and Sellery (eds.), Medieval Civilization, 114-128. 6. The teachings of Islam. Davis, Readings in Ancient History, II, 357-3G2. 7. The battle at Tours. Creasy, Decisive Battles of the World, Chapter VII. 8. Moslem civilization. Munro, History of the Middle...
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