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 a thousand years of history.
This new edition brings the book right up to date with recent scholarship, and includes an expanded introduction exploring the interaction of other faiths - particularly Judaism and Islam - with the Christian church.
Chapter 1. THE PRE-MEDIEVAL CHURCH
Chapter 2. THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Chapter 3. JUSTINIAN AND MOHAMMED
Chapter 5. CHURCH, CAROLINGIANS AND VIKINGS
Chapter 6. THE CHURCH IN DISARRAY, c.850–c.1050
Chapter 7. REFORM, THE EAST, CRUSADE
Chapter 8. THE TWELFTH CENTURY
Chapter 9. THREE TWELFTH-CENTURY PROFILES
Chapter 10. THE AGE OF INNOCENT III
Chapter 11. THE EMERGENCE OF DISSENT AND THE RISE OF THE FRIARS
Chapter 13. DEVELOPMENTS AND FULFILMENTS
Chapter 14. DEATH AND PURGATORY
Chapter 15. EXILE IN AVIGNON AND AFTERMATH
Chapter 17. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
EPILOGUE: 1492: the anatomy of a year