Western society and the Church in the Middle Ages /R.W. Southern.

Name/Title

Western society and the Church in the Middle Ages /R.W. Southern.

Description

Church and society -- The divisions of time. The primitive age, c. 700-c. 1050 ; The age of growth, c. 1050-c. 1300 ; The age of unrest, c. 1300-c. 1550 -- The divisions of Christendom. The seeds of disunity ; The two churches ; The search for reunion -- The papacy. The primitive age, c. 700-c. 1050 ; The age of growth, c. 1050-c. 1300 ; The inflationary spiral, c. 1300-c. 1520 -- Bishops and archbishops. The Carolingian church order and its break-up ; Bishops in the service of the pope -- The religious orders. The Benedictines ; The new orders ; The friars -- Fringe orders and anti-orders. The general environment ; A confusion of tongues. 376 p. :ill., maps ;20 cm.

Book Details

Author

Southern, R. W.

Publication Subjects

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500. Civilization, Medieval.

Call No.

BR252 .S6 1990

ISBN

0140137556, 9780140137552

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Publication Info: Harmonsworth :Penguin,1990, c1970.