Includes index Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
The pre-medieval church -- The beginning of the Middle Ages -- Justinian and Mohammed -- The scene is set: St. Gregory the Great to St. Boniface -- Church, Carolingians and Vikings -- The church is disarray, c.850-c.1050 -- Reform, the East, crusade -- The twelfth century -- Three twelfth-century profiles -- The age of Innocent III -- The emergence of dissent and the rise of the friars -- Two legacies: universities and cathedrals -- Developments and fulfilments: the later thirteenth century -- Death and purgatory -- Exile in Avignon and aftermath -- The Great Schism -- The fifteenth century -- Epilogue: 1492: the anatomy of a year
Summary:
"In this fascinating survey, F. Donald Logan introduces the reader to the Christian church, from the conversion of the Celtic and Germanic peoples to the discovery of the New World. He reveals how the church unified the people of western Europe as they worshipped with the same ceremonies and used Latin as the language of civilized communication. From remote, rural parish to magnificent urban cathedral, A History of the Church in the Middle Ages explores the role of the church as a central element in determining 1,000 years of history." --From the back cover
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