{"product_id":"2940013803084","title":"THE MIDDLE AGES","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMOHAMMED.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSARACENIC CONQUESTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChange of public opinion about Mohammed\u003cbr\u003eAstonishing triumph of Mohammedanism\u003cbr\u003eOld religious systems of Arabia\u003cbr\u003ePolytheism succeeds the doctrines of the Magians\u003cbr\u003eThe necessity of reform\u003cbr\u003eEarly life of Mohammed\u003cbr\u003eCadijeh\u003cbr\u003eMohammed's meditations and dreams\u003cbr\u003eHis belief in a personal God\u003cbr\u003eHe preaches his new doctrines\u003cbr\u003eThe opposition and ridicule of his countrymen\u003cbr\u003eThe perseverance of Mohammed amid obstacles\u003cbr\u003eHis flight to Medina\u003cbr\u003eThe Koran and its doctrines\u003cbr\u003eChange in Mohammed's mode of propagating his doctrines\u003cbr\u003ePolygamy and a sensual paradise\u003cbr\u003eWarlike means to convert Arabia\u003cbr\u003eMohammed accommodates his doctrines to the habits of his countrymen\u003cbr\u003eEncourages martial fanaticism\u003cbr\u003eConquest of Arabia\u003cbr\u003ePrivate life of Mohammed, after his success\u003cbr\u003eCarlyle's apology for Mohammed\u003cbr\u003eThe conquest of Syria and Egypt\u003cbr\u003eConquest of Persia and India\u003cbr\u003eDeductions in view of Saracenic conquests\u003cbr\u003eNecessity of supernatural aid in the conversion of the world\u003cbr\u003eAuthorities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHARLEMAGNE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIVAL OF WESTERN EMPIRE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAncestry and early life of Charlemagne\u003cbr\u003eThe Merovingian princes\u003cbr\u003eCondition of Europe on the accession of Charlemagne\u003cbr\u003eNecessity for such a hero to arise\u003cbr\u003eHis perils and struggles\u003cbr\u003eWars with the Saxons\u003cbr\u003eThe difficulties of the Saxon conquest\u003cbr\u003eForced conversion of the Saxons\u003cbr\u003eThe Norman pirates\u003cbr\u003eConquest of the Avares\u003cbr\u003eUnsuccessful war with the Saracens\u003cbr\u003eThe Lombard wars\u003cbr\u003eCoronation of Charlemagne at Home\u003cbr\u003eImperialism and its influences\u003cbr\u003eThe dismemberment of Charlemagne's empire\u003cbr\u003eFoundation of Feudalism\u003cbr\u003eCharlemagne as a legislator\u003cbr\u003eHis alliance with the clergy\u003cbr\u003eHis administrative abilities\u003cbr\u003eReasons why he patronized the clergy\u003cbr\u003eResults of Charlemagne's policy\u003cbr\u003eHallam's splendid eulogy\u003cbr\u003eAuthorities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHILDEBRAND.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PAPAL EMPIRE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWonderful government of the Papacy\u003cbr\u003eIts vitality\u003cbr\u003eIts contradictions\u003cbr\u003eIts fascinations\u003cbr\u003eThe crimes of which it is accused\u003cbr\u003eGeneral character of the popes\u003cbr\u003eGregory VII. the most famous\u003cbr\u003eHis personal history\u003cbr\u003eHis autocratic ideas\u003cbr\u003eHis reign at the right time\u003cbr\u003eSociety in Europe in the eleventh century\u003cbr\u003eCharacter of the clergy\u003cbr\u003eThe monks, and the need of reform\u003cbr\u003eCharacter of the popes before Gregory VII.\u003cbr\u003eCelibacy of the clergy\u003cbr\u003eAlliance of the Papacy and Monasticism\u003cbr\u003eOpposition to the reforms of Hildebrand\u003cbr\u003eTerrible power of excommunication\u003cbr\u003eSimony and its evils\u003cbr\u003eSecularization of the clergy\u003cbr\u003eSeparation of spiritual from temporal power\u003cbr\u003eHenry IV. of Germany\u003cbr\u003eApproaching strife between Henry and Hildebrand\u003cbr\u003eTheir respective weapons\u003cbr\u003eHenry summoned to Rome\u003cbr\u003eExcommunication of Henry\u003cbr\u003eHenry deserted and disarmed\u003cbr\u003eCompelled to yield to Hildebrand\u003cbr\u003eHis great mistake\u003cbr\u003eRenewed contest\u003cbr\u003eHumiliation of the Pope\u003cbr\u003eMoral effects of the contest\u003cbr\u003eSpeculations about the Papal power\u003cbr\u003eAuthorities","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163041054960,"sku":"2940013803084","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013803084_p0.jpg?v=1763590447","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013803084","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}