Medieval Contributions to Modern Civilisation
Author: last_name: Various
Language: English
Year: 1922

The mediaeval contributions to modern civilisation, which are the theme of this book, are twofold.<br>There is the contribution of the idealised Middle Ages, magnified, mirrored, and roseate in the reflective thought of modern man concerning the Middle Ages. This is their contribution as it appeared to Morris, or as it appears to Mr. Belloc, or Mr. Chesterton, or the votaries of guild socialism. It is a contribution made not by the actual Middle Ages, but by a projection of the Middle Ages on an