A History of the Church in the Middle Ages by Logan, F. Donald -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright Dedication CONTENTS List of plates List of maps List of figures Preface Preface to the second edition Introduction 1 The Pre-Medieval Church

The apostolic church The spread of Christianity The persecutions: a historical problem Constantine, controversy and conversion Further reading

2 The beginning of the Middle Ages

The Germans Conversion of the Franks Catholic Spain Conversion of the Irish Further reading

3 Justinian and Mohammed

Justinian’s achievement Justinian and the law Justinian and church buildings The Lombards Islam The land of Mohammed The Prophet The Koran Conquests Further reading

4 The scene is set: St Gregory the Great to St Boniface

Gregory the Great Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons The transmission of learning English mission to the Continent Further reading

5 Church, Carolingians and Vikings

Franco-papal alliance The Carolingians and church practice The Vikings Further reading

6 The church in disarray, c.850–c.1050

Pope Nicholas I (858–67) Formosus (891–96) Pope John XII (955–64) Pope Benedict IX (1032–45; ?1047–48) Further reading

7 Reform, the East, crusade

Eleventh-century reform The Eastern Church The First Crusade Further reading

8 The twelfth century

Popes and anti-popes and emperors New religious orders Popular devotion and practical piety Further reading

9 Three twelfth-century profiles

Peter Abelard (c.1079–1142) Thomas Becket (c.1120–70) Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) Further reading

10 The age of Innocent III

The political Innocent The Fourth Crusade (1202–4) The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) Further reading

11 The emergence of dissent and the rise of the friars

Dissent The friars Further reading

12 Two legacies: universities and cathedrals

Universities Cathedrals Appendix: medieval cathedrals: a select list Further reading

13 Developments and fulfilments: the later thirteenth century

Popes and kings Reconquista Further reading

14 Death and purgatory

The Black Death The emergence of purgatory Further reading

15 Exile in Avignon and aftermath

The Popes and Avignon Two elections and the coming of schism Further reading

16 The Great Schism

The road to Pisa The road to Constance Wyclif and Hus Back to Constance Further reading

17 The fifteenth century

Popes and councils Christian piety Further reading

Epilogue: 1492: the anatomy of a year List of popes, 500–1500 Index

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