In order to arrive at a reasonable and fair solution of the question propounded in our theme we shall first take a brief survey of the state of Italy shortly before and at the time when Savonarola began his life as a member ...

The word "Great" has justly been attributed to St. Gregory who stands as a dividing mark between the Ancient World and the Middle Ages, and who, undoubtedly, did more than any other one individual to direct the course of ...

Some writer has said, "If Virgil were the sole remaining monument of the Roman civilization he would he sufficient," Possibly many a reader would contest a statement broad as this; all without exception, however, will agree ...

The history of Catholic education in Omaha seems to have claimed hut little consideration in the past. The lasting deeds of the pioneers in education accomplished at the expense of sweat and blood and often in the face of ...

This study of John G. Neihardt as an epic writer has been undertaken with the purpose of discovering the influences social, economic and literary, that caused the poet to turn exclusively to this form of literary art, when ...

Self-revelation is the chief characteristic of lyric poetry,and for that reason it is, perhaps, more interesting than any other. A flashlight of intuition fuses emotion and idea and from the resulting union,secret and ...

Art is the result or accomplishment of the creative faculty which employs imagery to work upon the subtler emotions of the human soul. It is more than intellectual skill, more too than merely physical beauty, more indeed ...

In the following pages an attempt is made to show that the principles governing the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century found their source in the Renaissance. | The Political conditions of the times, the inventions, the ...

The Florentine guilds from the twelfth to the sixteenth century, with one notable exception to be referred to hereafter, represent the high-water mark in the history of these great mediaeval institutions. But the formation ...

This is a favorite tag applied by Spanish reviewers to Spanish anthologies. It best expresses the lack of inclusiveness of the following compilation. I am well aware that not all who are, are here; and well aware too that ...