A History of the Medieval Church: 590-1500

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INTRODUCTION: FROM THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON TO GREGORY THE GREAT, 451–590, I. GREGORY THE GREAT, 590–604, II. THE SECULAR AND MONASTIC CLERGY, 600–750, III. THE MISSIONARIES: AUGUSTINE, AIDAN, WILLIBRORD, BONIFACE, IV. THE CAROLINGIAN RENAISSANCE AND THE CHURCH, V. RELATIONS OF EASTERN AND WESTERN CHURCHES TILL 1054, VI. THE GROWTH OF PAPAL POWER, 604–1073, VII. CLUNY: HILDEBRAND: INVESTITURES, VIII. THE CRUSADES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE CHURCH, IX. TWELFTH CENTURY MONASTICISM: CISTERCIANS: CARTHUSIANS: AUSTIN CANONS, X. THE TWELFTH CENTURY RENAISSANCE: CANON LAW, XI. INNOCENT III, XII. THE FRIARS, XIII. THE SCHOLASTIC PHILOSOPHY: S.THOMAS AQUINAS, XIV. THE AVIGNON POPES: THE CURIA: AND SCHISM, XV. THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY DIOCESE AND PARISH IN ENGLAND, XVI. SCHOOLS: HOSPITALS: ANCHORAGES, XVII. MEDIEVAL HERESY AND THE INQUISITION, XVIII. THE CONCILIAR MOVEMENT, XIX. THE RENAISSANCE, APPENDIX: WESTERN MONASTICISM BEFORE CHARLEMAGNE, SELECT BOOK LIST, LEADING EVENTS, 451–1500, POPES, 440–1503, EMPERORS AND KINGS OF THE ROMANS, ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY, INDEX

A classic history of the church from the accession of Gregory the Great to the Reformation.