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Zusatztext 'For its humane and learned approach to its enormous canvas! as well as for the cogency with which it penetrates at speed to the essentials of a vanished historical epoch! this History of the Church in the Middle Ages deserves a very wide audience indeed.' - English Historical Review 'To have written a scholarly and very readable history of the Western Church over a millennium! all in the space of 353 pages! is a remarkable tour de force! for which Donald Logan is to be warmly congratulated.' - The Tablet"This is an excellent example of a textbook designed primarily for use in the classroom and for general readers. It is conceptually well organized! stylistically clear! intellectually thoughtful! and pedagogically useful." -- Thomas Head! Speculum Informationen zum Autor F. Donald Logan is Professor Emeritus of History at Emmanuel College, Boston, and Honorary Fellow of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. His previous publications include The Vikings in History (third edition, 2005), The Medieval Court of Arches (2005), and Runaway Religions in Medieval England (1996). Klappentext In this fascinating survey, F. Donald Logan introduces the reader to the Christian church, from the conversion of the Celtic and Germanic peoples through to the discovery of the New World. Zusammenfassung In this fascinating survey, F. Donald Logan introduces the reader to the Christian church, from the conversion of the Celtic and Germanic peoples through to the discovery of the New World. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Introduction. 1. The Pre-Medieval Church 2. The Beginning of the Middle Ages 3. Justinian and Mohammed 4. The Scene is Set: St Gregory the Great to St Boniface 5. Church, Carolingians and Vikings 6. The Church in Disarray, c.850-c.1050 7. Reform, the East, Crusade 8. The Twelfth Century 9. Three Twelfth-Century Profiles 10. The Age of Innocent III 11. The Emergence of Dissent and the Rise of the Friars 12. Two Legacies: Universities and Cathedrals 13. Developments and Fulfilments: the Later Thirteenth Century 14. Death and Purgatory 15. Exile in Avignon and Aftermath 16. The Great Schism 17. The Fifteenth Century. Epilogue: 1492: the anatomy of a year. List of popes, 500-1500 ...
