CONTENTS
of
THE FIRST VOLUME
page - Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1 - BOOK I
- POPULAR EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
- chap.
I. The Spread of the Art of Printing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9 II. Elementary Schools and Religious Education of the People................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................25 III. Elementary Education and the Older Humanists................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................61 IV. The Universities and other Centres of Learning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86 - BOOK II
- ART AND POPULAR LITERATURE
I. Architecture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................164 II. Sculpture and Painting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................178 III. Wood and Copper Engraving................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................215 IV. Popular Life as Reflected by Art................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................226 V. Music................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................241 VI. Popular Poetry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................252 VII. Topical Poetry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................283 VIII. Prose and Popular Reading................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................290 - BOOK III
- POLITICAL ECONOMY
- Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
307 I. Agricultural Life................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................309
