THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY; IN A COURSE OF LECTURES, DELIVERED AT VIENNA, BY FREDERICK VON SCHLEGEL. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, BY JAMES BURTON ROBERTSON, ESQ. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON SAUNDERS AND OTLEY, CONDUIT STREET. MDCCCXXXV. CONTENTS On the Christian point of view in the Philosophy of History. Of the ancient Germans, and of the invasion of the Northern tribes.-The march of Nature in the historical development of Nations.-Further diffusion and internal Sketch of Mahomet and his religion. Establishment of the On the formation and consolidation of the Christian Go- On the struggles of the Guelfs and Ghibellines.-Spirit of the Ghibelline age.-Origin of romantic poetry and art. |