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Author: Kevin Madigan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 0300158726
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new narrative history of medieval Christianity, spanning from A.D. 500 to 1500, focuses on the role of women in Christianity; the relationships among Christians, Jews and Muslims; the experience of ordinary parishioners; the adventure of asceticism, devotion and worship; and instruction through drama, architecture and art.
Author: John D. Hannah
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780310233169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first in a series of three books that survey the history of the church from its beginning to the present day.
Author: F Donald Logan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-10-02
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1134786697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 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.
Author: Joseph Lynch
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-16
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 1317870522
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Church was the central institution of the European Middle Ages, and the foundation of medieval life. Professor Lynch's admirable survey (concentrating on the western church, and emphasising ideas and trends over personalities) meets a long-felt need for a single-volume comprehensive history, designed for students and non-specialists.
Author: R. W. Southern
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780140137552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: John A. F. Thomson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 1998-01-30
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780340601181
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom its origins in the ancient world as a rival to traditional paganism, Christianity has grown to become one of the most widely practiced religions in the world. This book explores how the Church took over spiritual control of Western Europe in the Middle Ages to become the very foundation of life--setting a moral agenda for all of society and dominating its intellectual pursuits. Covering the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Reformation, this account is structured in three chronological blocks: the gradual development of unity within the Western Church up to the eleventh century; the centralization phase between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries; and the break-up of the centralization of power in the later Middle Ages. Organizational developments and changes in spirituality and doctrine are examined, and the history of the papacy is situated in the wider context of changes in both ecclesiastical and lay society. Intellectual developments and the rise of heresy--at both the elite and popular levels--are also considered in a telling exploration of the mental world of medieval Christendom.
Author: Alexander Clarence Flick
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2020-08-01
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 3752390069
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original: The Rise of the Mediaeval Church by Alexander Clarence Flick
Author: Adriaan Bredero
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780802849922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. Though buffeted on all sides by rapid and at times cataclysmic social, political, and economic change, the medieval church was able to make adjustments that kept it from becoming simply a fossil from the past rather than an enduring institution of salvation. The dynamic interaction between the medieval church and society gives form to this compelling and well-informed study by Adriaan Bredero. By considering medieval Christianity in full relation to its historical context, Bredero elucidates complex medieval realities -- many of which run counter to common modern notions about the Middle Ages. Bredero moves beyond the usual treatment of history by framing his overall discussion in terms of a fascinating and relevant question: To what extent is Christianity today still molded by medieval society? The book begins with an overview of religion and the church in medieval society, from the early Christianization of Western Europe through the fifteenth century. Bredero counters earlier romanticized assessments of the Middle Ages as a thoroughly Christian period by arriving at a definition of Christendom, not in its original sense as the empire of Charlemagne, but rather as "the countries, people, and matters which stood under the influence of Christ."
Author: Nicholas Orme
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2021-07-27
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 0300262612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn engaging, richly illustrated account of parish churches and churchgoers in England, from the Anglo-Saxons to the mid-sixteenth century Parish churches were at the heart of English religious and social life in the Middle Ages and the sixteenth century. In this comprehensive study, Nicholas Orme shows how they came into existence, who staffed them, and how their buildings were used. He explains who went to church, who did not attend, how people behaved there, and how they—not merely the clergy—affected how worship was staged. The book provides an accessible account of what happened in the daily and weekly services, and how churches marked the seasons of Christmas, Lent, Easter, and summer. It describes how they celebrated the great events of life: birth, coming of age, and marriage, and gave comfort in sickness and death. A final chapter covers the English Reformation in the sixteenth century and shows how, alongside its changes, much that went on in parish churches remained as before.
Author: Valerie Irene Jane Flint
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 0691001103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShows how many of the more discerning leaders of the early medieval Church decided to promote magical practices, to appease non- Christian factions and enhance Christianity.
