A Syllabus of Medieval History 395-1500 Author:Dana Carleton Munro Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Conclusion. Influence Of Christianity. (Adams: Civilization, pp. 50-68.) a. On religious ideas. Monotheistic principle. Religion becomes ethical. b. On ... more »ethical ideas. Moral law supreme. Idea of sin clarified. Lofty example as ideal. Hope even for the lowest. 5. CAUSES OF DISINTEGRATION. Secondary Works: Bury, Bk. I, ch. 3. Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. I, ch. 19. Fletcher, ch. 1. Hodgkin: Italy, Bk. Ill, ch. 9. Gibbon, ch. 38, at end. Thorn- dike, ch. 4. Adams': Civilization, pp. 75-87. Cunningham: Western Civilization, Vol. I, pp. 179-195. Bigg, pp. 90-136. Dill, pp. 227-244. Westermann, in Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. XX, pp. 723-743. Introduction. Insolubility Of Problem. (Cambridge Medieval History, Vol I, p. 54-) a. Views of Romans: Tiberius, Pliny, Zosimus, Am. Mar- cellinus, Salvian, St. Augustine. b. Views of modern scholars: Michelet, Hodgkin, Bury; Christianity, slavery, taxation, importation of barbarians. I. LOSS OF THE OLD ROMAN CHARACTER. a. Chamberlain's idea: infusion of low blood; "mongrels." Scipio's rebuke to populace. b. Growth of immorality—told in the long run. c. Loss of respect for law. II. ECONOMIC CAUSES. a. Land monopolized by a very few. b. Position of colons. Replace slaves as agricultural laborers. Bound to the soil, by law. c. Decline in production. d. Bad incidence of taxation. (Munro and Sellery, pp. 34-43.) III. POLITICAL CAUSES. a. Size of Empire. b. Absolutism and bureaucracy. c. Lack of interest in politics on part of people. chapter{Section 4IV. MILITARY CAUSES. a. Romans no longer soldiers. b. Armies formed of mercenaries. V. IMPORTATION OF BARBARIANS. a. Need of filling gaps, for agriculture. b. Examples in second and third centuries. Laeti. c. Army germani...« less