Second paragraph of third chapter (a long one, spread across two pages, which is why the footnote numbers are repeated):It is true that thanks to the dangers and squalors of the [tenth] century, invasion, rebellion and faction, there is no longer, at any rate in France and England, an educated society. One misses the voluminous correspondence of ( Read more... )

Second paragraph of third chapter:Until 1845 Ireland had but one University, Trinity College, Dublin. Founded in 1591 on the site of the Augustinian monastery of All Hallows confiscated under Henry VIII, its avowed aim was to conquer Popery and establish a Protestant nation &mdash a somewhat tough proposition. In 1633, in an effort to speed up the ( Read more... )