Download or read book Disquisitions the Antipapal Spirit, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Miss Caroline Ward and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Disquisitions the Antipapal Spirit, Vol. 2 of 2: Which Produced the Reformation; Its Secret Influence, on the Literature of Europe in General, and of Italy in Particular All the figurative tales which relate the history of Dante's sectarian life, agree in the fact of his being the introducer of the new style of allegory. Some call him the creator of the language in which he wrote; and that he was the author of the great change which took place in it, no one, who has examined his writings, can doubt for a moment. When we give the interpretation of the Vita Nuova, and of that part of the Convito which is connected with it, opinion will be strengthened into certainty. In the meanwhile, his own words will be our best authorities. We have long since heard him declare, that he was forced to leave off writing of Love; because the countenance of his lady appeared changed. He repeats the same thing at the beginning of his new profession of sectarian faith, which is commonly called the Creed, "No longer will I write of this false love: I will now discourse on God as a Christian." This accords with his determination to throw himself into the arms of Piety, his enemy, as a means of conciliating all parties. In the treatise of the Vulg. Eloq., called by him New Latin, he explains more fully the necessity which induced him to adopt the new style. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.