Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages
The Penguin History of the Church Volume Two
History of the Church
ISBN 9780140137552 | 384 pages | 16 Aug 1990 | Penguin | 5.07 x 7.79in | 18 - AND UP
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The concept of an ordered human society, both religious and secular, as an expression of a divinely ordered universe was central to medieval thought. In the West the political and religious community were inextricably bound together, and because the Church was so intimately involved with the world, any history of it must take into account the development of medieval society. Professor Southern's book covers the period from the eighth to the sixteenth century. After sketching the main features of each medieval age, he deals in greater detail with the Papacy, the relations between Rome and her rival Constantinople, the bishops and archbishops, and the various religious orders, providing in all a superb history of the period. List of Abbreviations 1. Church and Society 2. The Divisions of Time
II. The Age of Growth, c. 1050-c. 1300
III. The Age of Unrest, c. 1300-c. 1550 3. The Divisions of Christendom
II. The Two Churches
III. The Search for Reunion 4. The Papacy
II. The Age of Growth, c. 1050-c. 1300
III. The Inflationary Spiral, c. 1300-c. 1520 5. Bishops and Archbishops
II. Bishops in the Service of the Pope 6. The Religious Orders
II. The New Orders
III. The Friars 7. Fringe Orders and Anti-Orders
II. A Confusion of Tongues
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