Excerpt from The False Decretals The present thesis has grown out of the Lothian Essay for 1914 on the pseudo-isidorian Decretals. The conclusions of that essay remain the same: but the form and order have been re-cast, and the general arguments have been amplified, and I hope strengthened, after a year's further reading. It will be very clear that the subject has not been exhausted. I have not discussed, for instance, as it was not strictly relevant, the Frankish Church in the ninth century from the economic and doctrinal points of view. Nor have I drawn sufficiently upon the volu minous erudition of German critics. All this in better days must be done. But, seeing that there is not in English any comprehensive sketch of the pseudo-isidorian Decretals, I have thought fit to publish this thesis as it stands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.