THE

iterature of Europe.]

[Frontispiece.

TO THE

LITERATURE OF EUROPE

IN THE FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH,

AND

SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES.

BY

HENRY HALLAM, F.R. A. S.

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES
IN THE FRENCH INSTITUTE.

WARD, LOCK, & CO., WARWICK HOUSE,

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

ON THE GENERAL STATE OF LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE END OF THE