not to repeat myself. This is specially the case with the account given of the theory and practice of Indulgences. It ought to be said, however, that in view of certain strictures on the earlier work by Roman Catholic reviewers, I have gone over again the statements made about Indulgences by the great medieval theologians of the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, and have not been able to change the opinions previously expressed. My thanks are due to my colleague, Dr. Denney, and to another friend for the care they have taken in revising the proof-sheets, and for many valuable suggestions which have been given effect to. THOMAS M. LINDSAY. March, 1906, CONTENTS. § 1. The Papacy-Its claim to universal Supremacy The religious background of the claim § 1. The small extent of Christendom § 2. Consolidation, the ruling political principle of the Period Attempts at a constitutional unity The election of Charles v. as Emperor § 3. Its earlier relation to Christianity § 4. The Brethren of the Common Lot § 5. German Universities, Schools and Scholarship § 6. The earlier German Humanists. § 7. The Humanist Circles in the Cities § 3. Church Festivals-Miracle Plays-The Feast of the Ass Ecclesiastical Reforme carried out by the secular authorities 140 management of Charity HUMANISM AND THE REFORMATION. § 1. Savonarola and the Christian Humanists of Italy § 2. John Colet and the Christian Humanists of England Dislike to the Scholastic Theology Colet and the Hierarchies of Dionysius § 4. Luther's Early Life at Wittenberg § 5. Luther's Early Lectures on Theology § 6. The Indulgence-seller and his reception in a German city FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE INDULGENCE CONTROVERSY TO § 1. The theory and practice of Indulgences in the sixteenth The Penitentiaries and the early Satisfactions § 4. The three Treatises-The Liberty of a Christian Man, To the § 8. The Ban and what was thought of it. § 9. Popular Literature revolutionary literature — literature directly connected with the Lutheran movement § 10. The spread of Luther's teaching. |