A History of the Medieval Church: 590-1500 / Edition 1

by Margaret Deanesly

Overview

A classic history of the church from the accession of Gregory the Great to the Reformation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415039598
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/1969
Edition description:	NINTH
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: FROM THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON TO GREGORY THE GREAT, 451–590, I. GREGORY THE GREAT, 590–604, II. THE SECULAR AND MONASTIC CLERGY, 600–750, III. THE MISSIONARIES: AUGUSTINE, AIDAN, WILLIBRORD, BONIFACE, IV. THE CAROLINGIAN RENAISSANCE AND THE CHURCH, V. RELATIONS OF EASTERN AND WESTERN CHURCHES TILL 1054, VI. THE GROWTH OF PAPAL POWER, 604–1073, VII. CLUNY: HILDEBRAND: INVESTITURES, VIII. THE CRUSADES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE CHURCH, IX. TWELFTH CENTURY MONASTICISM: CISTERCIANS: CARTHUSIANS: AUSTIN CANONS, X. THE TWELFTH CENTURY RENAISSANCE: CANON LAW, XI. INNOCENT III, XII. THE FRIARS, XIII. THE SCHOLASTIC PHILOSOPHY: S.THOMAS AQUINAS, XIV. THE AVIGNON POPES: THE CURIA: AND SCHISM, XV. THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY DIOCESE AND PARISH IN ENGLAND, XVI. SCHOOLS: HOSPITALS: ANCHORAGES, XVII. MEDIEVAL HERESY AND THE INQUISITION, XVIII. THE CONCILIAR MOVEMENT, XIX. THE RENAISSANCE, APPENDIX: WESTERN MONASTICISM BEFORE CHARLEMAGNE, SELECT BOOK LIST, LEADING EVENTS, 451–1500, POPES, 440–1503, EMPERORS AND KINGS OF THE ROMANS, ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY, INDEX

Editorial Reviews

'A tour de force ... packed with information, sagacious in treatment, accurate and unprejudiced in its presentation of the facts.' - Times Literary Supplement

'A marvellous work of compression in which both clarity and readability are maintained.' - Scottish Journal of Theology

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