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"Only the closest attention," declares one writer, "can detect the germs of future order in the midst of the struggle of dying and nascent forces, ... The dominant characteristic of the age is its diversity, and it is hard to find any principle of coördination." ONLY THE CLOSEST ATTENTION DECLARES ONE WRITER CAN DETECT THE GERMS OF FUTURE ORDER IN THE MIDST OF THE STRUGGLE OF DYING AND NECESSANT FORCES THE DOMINANT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE AGE IS ITS DIVERSITY AND IT IS HARD TO FIND ANY PRINCIPLE OF CO ORDINATION
rmany and Italy by the two great city leagues and the power of Venice, Florence and Genoa. If this suggestion is followed, the Hundred Years’ War and the history of the papacy in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries may serve to introduce the Renaissance if a discussion of the latter is preceded or followed by a general summary of the political situation in Europe at the opening of the sixteenth century, with special reference to those powers, both new and old, which are to dominate in the new period. Absence of Unifying Elements. The attempt to bridge the period between the Hundred Years’ War and the Renaissance and Reformation is attended with a great many real difficulties, which are aggravated rather than lightened by the usual arrangement of material to be found in the text-book. There is not only an apparent absence of unifying elements, but the impression created on teacher and student is that of turmoil and confusion, with here and there a situation full of dramatic interest. MMONS AND IN GERMANY AND ITALY BY THE TWO GREAT CITY LEAGUES AND THE POWER OF VENICE FLORENCE AND GENOA IF THIS SUGGESTION IS FOLLOWED THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR AND THE HISTORY OF THE PAPACY IN THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES MAY SERVE TO INTRODUCE THE RENAISSANCE IF A DISCUSSION OF THE LATTER IS PRECEDED OR FOLLOWED BY A GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN EUROPE AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THOSE POWERS BOTH NEW AND OLD WHICH ARE TO DOMINATE IN THE NEW PERIOD ABSENCE OF UNIFYING ELEMENTS THE ATTEMPT TO BRIDGE THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR AND THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION IS ATTENDED WITH A GREAT MANY REAL DIFFICULTIES WHICH ARE AGGRAVATED RATHER THAN LIGHTENED BY THE USUAL ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIAL TO BE FOUND IN THE TEXT BOOK THERE IS NOT ONLY AN APPARENT ABSENCE OF UNIFYING ELEMENTS BUT THE IMPRESSION CREATED ON TEACHER AND STUDENT IS THAT OF TURMOIL AND CONFUSION WITH HERE AND THERE A SITUATION FULL OF DRAMATIC INTEREST
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