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Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge By: James Aitken Wylie (1808-1890) |
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Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge. by REV. J.A. WYLIE, LL.D. Author of "The Papacy," &c. &.c. Edinburgh Shepherd & Elliot, 15, Princes Street. London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co. MDCCCLV. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE THE INTRODUCTION, 1 CHAPTER II. THE PASSAGE OF THE ALPS, 8 CHAPTER III. RISE AND PROGRESS OF CONSTITUTIONALISM IN PIEDMONT, 23 CHAPTER IV. STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VAUDOIS VALLEYS, 43 CHAPTER V. STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE VAUDOIS CHURCH, 62 CHAPTER VI. FROM TURIN TO NOVARA PLAIN OF LOMBARDY, 83 CHAPTER VII. FROM NOVARA TO MILAN DOGANA CHAIN OF THE ALPS, 94 CHAPTER VIII. CITY AND PEOPLE OF MILAN, 105 CHAPTER IX. ARCO DELLA PACE ST AMBROSE, 119 CHAPTER X. THE DUOMO OF MILAN, 126 CHAPTER XI. MILAN TO BRESCIA THE REFORMERS, 137 CHAPTER XII. THE PRESENT THE IMAGE OF THE PAST, 152 CHAPTER XIII. SCENERY OF LAKE GARDA PESCHIERA VERONA, 158 CHAPTER XIV. FROM VERONA TO VENICE THE TYROLESE ALPS, 168 CHAPTER XV. VENICE DEATH OF NATIONS, 178 CHAPTER XVI. PADUA ST ANTONY THE PO ARREST, 198 CHAPTER XVII. FERRARA RENÉE AND OLYMPIA MORATA, 209 CHAPTER XVIII. BOLOGNA AND THE APENNINES, 216 CHAPTER XIX. FLORENCE AND ITS YOUNG EVANGELISM, 237 CHAPTER XX. FROM LEGHORN TO ROME CIVITA VECCHIA, 262 CHAPTER XXI. MODERN ROME, 276 CHAPTER XXII. ANCIENT ROME THE SEVEN HILLS, 289 CHAPTER XXIII. SIGHTS IN ROME CATACOMBS PILATE'S STAIRS PIO NONO, &C., 302 CHAPTER XXIV. INFLUENCE OF ROMANISM ON TRADE, 333 CHAPTER XXV. INFLUENCE OF ROMANISM ON TRADE (CONTINUED), 352 CHAPTER XXVI. JUSTICE AND LIBERTY IN THE PAPAL STATES, 366 CHAPTER XXVII. EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE PAPAL STATES, 401 CHAPTER XXVIII. MENTAL STATE OF THE PRIESTHOOD IN ITALY, 415 CHAPTER XXIX. SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC CUSTOMS OF THE ROMANS, 430 CHAPTER XXX. THE ARGUMENT FROM THE WHOLE, OR, ROME HER OWN WITNESS, 447 ROME, AND THE WORKINGS OF ROMANISM IN ITALY. CHAPTER I. THE INTRODUCTION. I did not go to Rome to seek for condemnatory matter against the Pope's government. Had this been my only object, I should not have deemed it necessary to undertake so long a journey. I could have found materials on which to construct a charge in but too great abundance nearer home. The cry of the Papal States had waxed great, and there was no need to go down into those unhappy regions to satisfy one's self that the oppression was "altogether according to the cry of it." I had other objects to serve by my journey. There is one other country which has still more deeply influenced the condition of the race, and towards which one is even more powerfully drawn, namely, Judea. But Italy is entitled to the next place, as respects the desire which one must naturally feel to visit it, and the instruction one may expect to reap from so doing. Some of the greatest minds which the pagan world has produced have appeared in Italy. In that land those events were accomplished which have given to modern history its form and colour; and those ideas elaborated, the impress of which may still be traced upon the opinions, the institutions, and the creeds of Europe... Continue reading book >>
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