TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomson,John A.F.
TI  - The Western Church in the Middle Ages
SN  - 0340719087 :
AV  - BR252 .T55 1998
U1  - 274/.03 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - London
PB  - Arnold
KW  - Church history
KW  - Middle Ages, 600-1500
KW  - Europe
KW  - 600-1500
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-267) and index; Pt. I. The Age of Convergence (c. 450-1050). 1. The spread and consolidation of Christianity. 2. Religion and ideas of holiness. 3. The rise of the Papacy. 4. The Church in the localities. 5. Belief and worship --Pt. II. The Age of Unification (1050-1270). 6. Gregorian reform - the clerical order. 7. Gregorian reform - Popes and the lay world. 8. Regular ideals in a changing world. 9. Heresy and orthodoxy. 10. Logic, theology and law. 11. Authority and government -- Pt. III. The Age of Divergence (1270-1515). 12. From victory to captivity. 13. Schism and councils. 14. Intellectual and theological controversies. 15. Piety - orthodox and heretical. 16. The age of concordats. 17. The Church in the early sixteenth century -- App. I. Table of significant events -- App. II. Chronological list of Popes, 312-1517
N2  - After supplanting the traditional pagan cults of the Roman Empire, Christianity became the dominant religion of Western Europe, converting the barbarian invaders of the empire to its own faith. The dominance of its teaching over a thousand years enabled it to set the moral agenda of society and determine the intellectual life of the period. How it did so, together with its struggle to preserve its autonomy from the power of secular rulers, are the central themes of this book
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