The writer's approach is off putting for most general readers. This book is meant for other scholars already versed in the Middle Ages and one wonders if one were well versed already, why the read?…
The 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 ide…
This volume, a general history of the Church in the Middle Ages, pays close attention to the spiritual, intellectual, and institutional aspects of medieval Christianity. The author's central theme …
The study of the conflict between religious orthodoxy and heresy in the Middle Ages has lonng been a controversial field. Though the sectarian differnces of the past have faded in intensity, the va…
The specific beliefs of the Albigensians and the Waldesians impacted on the medieval world of Christendom. These heresias resulted in the establishment of the Inquisition, whose purpose and method …
This book,"The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages," was first published around 1940, in wartime Britain; I have seen conflicting statements on the actual, as against the scheduled, date. It was …
The interplay between Byzantine and Roman Christianity, between the emperors and the popes, and between the state and the Church is clearly shown. The careers of the great men of this period are tr…
The present book is the first large-scale modern treatment of this later period. It attempts a synthesis, based in the main upon original sources, but along differnt lines from Lea's narrative appr…
A source book for students of the patristic period and a companion volume to "Creeds, Councils and Controversies" and "Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church" This updated edition incorporates v…
This well known study by the late E.K. Rand (the author), Professor of Latin at Harvard, discusses the transformation of Latin pagan culture into the first stirrings of medieval civilization. It is…