Glimpses of the dark ages (Registro nro. 117191)
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
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| Classification number | CB |
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| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Anonymous |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Glimpses of the dark ages |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2025-07-09 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The fall of Rome -- The church -- The monastery -- The feudal castle -- The town. |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Al Haines |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Glimpses of the dark ages : or, Sketches of the social condition of Europe,…." is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. It surveys European society from the fall of Rome to the dawn of medieval civilization, emphasizing social structures, beliefs, morals, and daily life rather than dynastic politics or battles. Early chapters trace the collapse of Rome, the ascendancy and influence of the Church, the rise of monasticism and feudalism, and the growth of towns, drawing on familiar historians to present an accessible social history. The opening of this work sets out its scope—social life from the fifth to the twelfth century—and then vividly recounts Alaric’s sack of Rome, noting both devastation and the relative protection afforded to Christians and their churches. From that event the author pivots to diagnose Rome’s moral and civic decay: imperial despotism, extravagant nobles, idle plebeians, pervasive slavery, compromised Christianity, and a decline in arts and letters, framed as divine retribution. He sketches the barbarians (especially the Goths), subsequent shocks from Attila and Odoacer to Charlemagne, and argues that the invasions demolished corrupt ancient forms while supplying new elements for medieval society. The Church then takes center stage: bishops managing civic life and shaping law (notably in Visigothic Spain), the growth of papal supremacy, and the papacy’s mixed social legacy—intellectual control, legal encroachments, interdicts, but occasional mediation and cultural exchange. A section on superstition shows accommodation to pagan customs (Gregory the Great’s policy), imported myths (e.g., St. Nicholas), ordeals (including the corsned), riotous festivals (Feast of Fools and Asses), and credulous or fraudulent miracle tales. On morals, the narrative highlights militarized clergy, simony, clerical immorality, and formalism among the laity, yet also notes charitable preaching, almsgiving, manumission of slaves, sanctuary rights, and the Truce of God as genuine social restraints. It closes this opening portion by beginning a survey of learning and art, crediting the Church with preserving letters during the nadir of the seventh century and tracing the uneven, migratory revival of learning across Ireland, England, France, Germany, and Italy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: The Religious Tract Society, 1846 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Civilization, Medieval |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/glimpsesofdarkag00londuoft">https://archive.org/details/glimpsesofdarkag00londuoft</a> |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76466">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76466</a> |
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