CHAPTER XVI. THE EARLY PERIOD OF THE MIDDLE AGES, 334

THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE EARLY PERIOD, 334 AN EARLY MEDIÆVAL GEOGRAPHICAL MAP, 335 THE HISTORICAL POSITION OF AUGUSTINE, 335 THE SECULAR SCIENCE, 339 THE LIFE OF AUGUSTINE, 339 THE TWO ELEMENTS IN AUGUSTINE’S TEACHING, 340 THE NEO-PLATONIC ELEMENT: THE INNER CERTAINTIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS, 341 THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO AUGUSTINE, 345 THE DARK AGES, 347 THE REVIVAL OF CHARLEMAGNE, 349 JOHN SCOTUS ERIGENA: LIFE AND TEACHING, 350 THE GREEK PRINCIPLE WHICH ERIGENA FORMULATED FOR THE MIDDLE AGES, 352 THE LAST CENTURY OF THE EARLY PERIOD, 353