[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c2.7 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c2.7 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c2.7 - **Language:** English ### [c2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c2.7) This, then, was the task of the historian in the Middle Ages: to show how the world was governed by the providence of God, and how the Church was the instrument through which that providence was made manifest. It was a task that required not only learning and industry, but also a deep and abiding faith. And it is for this reason that the history of the Church is, in many ways, the history of the Middle Ages themselves. - [Previous: c2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c2.6) - [Next: c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c3.1) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c2.7) · Pramāṇa