The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times

The Development - of the - Feeling for Nature - In the Middle Ages and - Modern Times - BY - ALFRED BIESE - DIRECTOR OF THE K. K. GYMNASIUM AT NEUWIED - 1905 - Authorized translation from the German

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I - CHRISTIANITY AND GERMANISM

CHAPTER II - THE THEOLOGICAL CHRISTIAN AND THE SYMPATHETIC HEATHEN FEELING OF THE FIRST TEN CENTURIES A.D.

CHAPTER III - THE NAIVE FEELING AT THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES

CHAPTER IV - INDIVIDUALISM AND SENTIMENTAL FEELING AT THE RENAISSANCE

CHAPTER V - ENTHUSIASM FOR NATURE AMONG THE DISCOVERERS AND CATHOLIC MYSTICS

CHAPTER VI - SHAKESPEARE'S SYMPATHY FOR NATURE

CHAPTER VII - THE DISCOVERY OF THE BEAUTY OF LANDSCAPE IN PAINTING