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The Man of 1258 By FR. CHARLE S J . DOLLEN , M. S. in L.S. Libra rian, Colle ge for Me n T HE 13t h wa s the gre atest of cen ­ tur ies. It wa s the cent ur yof man's gre ate st as ma n. In the 13t h cen ­ tur y ther e were acc ompli shm ent s CHESTE RTON,Gilb ert Keit h: S t. Th om as Aq uinas (N ew Yo rk : Sh eed & Wa rd, 193 3 ).GK se es betwee n the lin es of the Summ a int o the liv es of the men Th omas first inf lue nc ed . 8 S . , . i , l ege t - ies. ry t st . - lish ents gh l n or, RTON, h: t. lw as i : , 33). a as l nced.

enou gh in eve ry fie ld of huma n end eav or, short of spa ce trav el, to make us blin k in ast oni shm ent . And the y we re per formed pre cis elybec ause the ma n of , sa y, 12 58 was rea lly con vinced that he wa s a creatu re composed of bod y and sou l, made in the imag e and like ness of God . Fur thermor e, the 12 58 ma n wa s con­ vin ced that he had bee n cre ate d for one th ing on ly— toknow, lov e an d ser ve God . In do ingthis, he sou gh tto pe rfe ctwhat God had giv en him , he sou gh t to retu rn to God as per fec t a pro duc t as gra ce an d nat ure could cooper ate to pro duce. A ful l prog ram .Bu t wha t gr ea trew ard s! In wh at oth er cen tur y ha ve so ma ny me n bee n so tru e to the ir ma nn ess ? In the inte rest of fos ter inginte rest in the 13t h, the gre ates t of cen tur ies , her e is a br ief ly ann ota ted bib lio gr aphy ,cho sen on the bas es of acc ur acy ,rea da bil ityan d avai l­ ab ili ty: ADAM S, He nr y: Mo nt- Sa int Mi chel an d Ch ar tre s (Bos ton: Ho ughto n Miff lin , 1905 ). A cla ssi cal int erp ret ati onof the sp iri t of the medie va l commo nfo lk is fou nd in Ad ams'fam ou swo rk. BA LDWIN ,Ma rshall: Th e Med iev al Pa­ pa cy in Ac tio n (N ew Yo rk :Ma cmilla n, 1 940 ).So ofte n the his tor ian sglo ss ov er the act ua lworki ngsof the papal cur ia in the 13t h cen tur y. It' s soea sy to attr ibu te ev er yth ingto the re ign ingPo pe, without though t to the ba ckg rou ndwor k. el, is ent. f ed cisely s , , l re l, e . t ore, - d i g l - to , . i g t t f ct , t f t t c te ce. l ro ram. t rds! y es ? ing , t ries, i fly te li raphy, acy, ability avail- ility: S, ry: t-Saint el rtres t n: ton i li , 05). ical retation t val nfolk s' o s . IN, rs al : e ieval - ti n : il an, 40). ians l ngs i y. o i te t ing i ing , ro nd . t

DANT E: Th e Porta bl eDa nte (N ew York : Vi ki ng , 19 47 ). Th is is a fin e wo rki ng ed iti on of Th e Divi neCom ed y, wi th ex­ cel len tnot es. DANI EL -ROP S, Hen ri : Cath ed ra l n dCru ­ sade (N ew Yo rk : Dut ton , 195 7 ).Th e sec tio n on St . Ber nar d of Clairva ux in thi s book ma y well bec ome the cla ssi c trea tme nt of one of that cen tur y's mos t contro ver sia lfig ur es . DAWS ON ,Ch ristop her : Med iev alRe lig ion (N ew York :Sh eed &W ard , 1934 ).Th e lov e of God ins pir edev en the mo st com­ mon of ev er ydayac tiv iti esin the "M idd le Ag es ,"an d Daws on ref lec tson thi s fac t. FARRELL, Wal ter: A Co mp an ionto the Summ a (N ew Yo rk : Sh eed & Wa rd, 194 1 ).If ever a ma n ha s und ers toodthe me nta lityan d out look of Aq uinas, he will ha ve to run sec ondto Fat her Farr ell, who see ms to int erp ret the 20 th cen tur ywit h the ver y ins tin ctsof St . Th omas. FRANCI S, Si ste r Mar y: A Rig ht to Be Mer ry (N ew Yo rk : Sheed & Wa rd, 19 56 ).Th e Franci scanspi rit of the 13 th cen tur yliv es and bre ath es in the clo ister of the 20 th cen tur y, a fac t oft en over­ loo ked by the con tempor ary his tor ian . Wh at Sis ter Ma del eva has done for Cha uce r, Si ste r Ma ry Fr an cis do es for St . Cla re. GABR IEL , A . L .: St ud en tLif e in Av e Ma ria Colle ge , Medie val Pa ris (Notr e Dame , J E: e ble D t : ing, 47). is i g e i e edy, • t s. -ROPS, ri: Cathedral n - : t , 57). i n . d ux e c t nt y's ver ial es. N, i t her: ieval li ion : W 34). T ed - ay a i ities i le ," on l ts t. L, lter: anion a : , 41). to d lity a l i s, d t el , ret y i cts . as. IS, r ry: erry : , 56). scan s y s t es i y, - ary ian. leva r, r cis . . I , A. L.: e t ri ge, i val i e ,

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