Saint Gregory the Great (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Saint Gregory the GreatThere is yet another type of historian, who, instead of dealing with a long or sustained story, selects a short and definite period marked either by the career of some potent maker of history or by one of those convulsions which occasionally diversify the general uniformity and the process of slow change which mark the general plan. By such a choice it is possible to combine a good deal 'of the detail which is necessary, if we are to realise faithfully the conditions and the limitations under which the great change has taken place, with an attempt to analyse the direction and effect of the forces which are shaping our ends, while they are temporarily working at fever heat and at railway speed.Such a period is that marked by the career of Pope Gregory the First, which I have chosen for this volume. He was one of the few really remark able men the world has seen, if distinction means stamping one's foot on the fragile sands Where our lot is cast in such an impressive way that the footprints shall last for many centuries. He stood with one foot amidst the ruins of the old worn-out world and the other in the chaotic anarchy which was presently to give birth to a new world, and we may consider the year 600, which marks the middle of his most active career, as the real frontier between the old world and the new.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.