. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU French authorBorn 1712 Died 1778. GIUSEPPE MAZZINI Italian patriot and revolutionist Born 1805 Died 1872 PROPHETS OF DEMOCRACY KARL MARX German socialist Born 1818 Died 1883 THE MARCH OF DEMOCRACY 559 obliterating national boundaries will succeed, is one of thequestions to be answered by the twentieth century. 328. A summary and retrospect. We have come to the endof a very long story. We have seen how in the fourth Christiancentury the civilized world lay under the power of the RomanEmpire, a magnificent de
. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU French authorBorn 1712 Died 1778. GIUSEPPE MAZZINI Italian patriot and revolutionist Born 1805 Died 1872 PROPHETS OF DEMOCRACY KARL MARX German socialist Born 1818 Died 1883 THE MARCH OF DEMOCRACY 559 obliterating national boundaries will succeed, is one of thequestions to be answered by the twentieth century. 328. A summary and retrospect. We have come to the endof a very long story. We have seen how in the fourth Christiancentury the civilized world lay under the power of the RomanEmpire, a magnificent despotism, but with the canker of decayat its heart. After the Roman Empire came the seeminglyruinous period of the Germanic invasions, when civilizationwould almost have perished save for the humanizing influenceof the Christian Church. Then follows the long pageant of theFrankish Kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, the mediaevalPapacy, and especially the feudal system, with its glitter andmisery, its brave deeds and anarchy, its heroic crusades andtheir ultimate failure. After the crusades comes the Renais-sance and the
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