A History of Medieval Christianity: Prophecy and Order
The Authors: Jeffrey Burton Russell is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of sixteen previous books, including most recentlyA History of Heaven: The Singing Silence. His other works includeDissent and Order in the Middle Ages: The Search for Legitimate Authority;Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians; and his series on the history of the embodiment of evil, includingThe Prince of Darkness: Evil and the Power of Good in History;Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World;Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages; andSatan: The Early Christian Tradition.Douglas W. Lumsden is currently Assistant Professor of History at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He received his Ph.D. in Medieval History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.