A History of the Medieval Church: 590-1500
by M. Deanesly
Category: History

Originally published in 1925. The detailed contents also deal with both the social and personal aspects of church history. Contents include: Gregory the Great - The Secular and Monastic Clergy 600-750 - The Missionaries - The Carolingian Renaissance - Relations of Eastern and Western Churches - Growth of Papal Power - The Crusades - Twelfth Century Monasticism - Canon Law - The Friars - Scholastic Philosophy - Avignon Popes - Fourteenth Century Diocese and Parish in England - Medieval Heresy - The Conciliar Movement - Etc. Plus two maps. Many of the earliest books on religion, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.