History of art . Rheims (xiii Century). A knight. {Cathedral.) old world of theology cracked everywhere. Christi-anity, which until then had dominated life, was dom-inated by it and carried along in its movement. Movingon a higher plane than that of the Semitic idea of SaintPaul, who had prepared life for its explosion by forcing 312 MEDIEVAL ART repose upon it, contrary to the discipline of Romewhich, for a thousand years, had been raising dikes toprotect it against the anarchical forces from Rheims (xiii Century). Winter. {Cathedral.) life once more joined in the fraternal spirit o
History of art . Rheims (xiii Century). A knight. {Cathedral.) old world of theology cracked everywhere. Christi-anity, which until then had dominated life, was dom-inated by it and carried along in its movement. Movingon a higher plane than that of the Semitic idea of SaintPaul, who had prepared life for its explosion by forcing 312 MEDIEVAL ART repose upon it, contrary to the discipline of Romewhich, for a thousand years, had been raising dikes toprotect it against the anarchical forces from Rheims (xiii Century). Winter. {Cathedral.) life once more joined in the fraternal spirit of Him whowas born in a stable, who was followed by troops of thepoor, who received adulterous women, and who spoketo the flowers; it did so because man was emerging CHRISTIANITY AND THE COMMUNE 313 from a social state harder than that of the old worldand because an insurrection of virile tenderness wasbecoming the universalneed. The civilizations ofantiquity wept at theirdecline. Their sorrowhas seemed declama-tory and grimacing be-cause life was leavingthem. The MiddleAges, in which life wasrising, mastered theirsuffering. They werehappy, as happy as theold world in its fullsweep upward, and forthem pity was nevermore than one elementin the generated energyof life. They did noteven realize how coura-geous they were whenthey stretched out theirtwo hands to all whoasked for them. With-out any effort, theyfound, in the fulfill-ment of their dailytask, the social prin-ciple of Christianity,which th
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