General View of the First Period of Christian Education 101   1. The period covered. 2. The connection of the Church with education. 3. The monasteries. 4. Influence of the crusades. 5. Of the Teutonic peoples.     CHAPTER XVI The First Christian Schools 104   1. The catechumen schools. 2. Chrysostom. 3. Basil the Great. 4. The catechetical schools. 5. Clement of Alexandria. 6. Origen.     CHAPTER XVII Conflict between Pagan and Christian Education 111   1. General discussion. 2. Tertullian. 3. Saint Augustine. 4. Augustine's pedagogy.     CHAPTER XVIII Monastic Education 116   1. Monasteries. 2. The Benedictines. 3. The seven liberal arts. 4. Summary of benefits conferred by the monasteries.     CHAPTER XIX Scholasticism 121   1. Its character. 2. Its influence. 3. Summary of its benefits.     CHAPTER XX Charlemagne 125   1. History, character, and purpose. 2. Personal education. 3. General educational plans. 4. Summary of Charlemagne's work.     CHAPTER XXI Alfred the Great 130   1. History and character. 2. Educational work.     CHAPTER XXII Feudal Education 132   1. Character of the knights. 2. Three periods into which their education was divided. 3. Education of women. 4. Criticism of feudal education.     CHAPTER XXIII The Crusades as an Educational Movement 136   1. Causes of the crusades. 2. The most important crusades. 3. Summary of their educational value.     CHAPTER XXIV The Rise of the Universities 139   1. What led to their establishment. 2. The most important early universities. 3. Their privileges. 4. Their influence.     CHAPTER XXV Mohammedan Education 143   1. History of Mohammedanism. 2. The five Moslem precepts. 3. Education. 4. What the Mohammedans accomplished for science. 5. General summary of education during the Middle Ages.     CHAPTER XXVI The Renaissance 148   1. The great revival. 2. Principles proclaimed. 3. The movement in Italy. 4. In Germany. 5. Summary of the benefits of the Renaissance to education.     CHAPTER XXVII Humanistic Educators 155   1. Revival of the classics—their purpose. 2. Dante. 3. Petrarch. 4. Boccaccio. 5. Agricola. 6. Reuchlin. 7. Erasmus. 8. Pedagogy of Erasmus.     CHAPTER XXVIII The Reformation as an Educational Influence 164   1. Conditions at the beginning of the sixteenth century. 2. The invention of printing. 3. The rulers of the leading countries. 4. Intellectual conditions. 5. Luther. 6. Luther's pedagogy. 7. Melanchthon.