New short history of the Catholic Church / Norman Tanner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tanner, Norman, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--History.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Burns & Oates, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here is a one-volume history of the Christian people from Pentecost to the present day, with principal focus on the Catholic Church. Having passed AD 2000 it seems appropriate and necessary to have a new short history of the first two millennia of the Christian era. In the last half century there has been a massive amount of research into Church history, published in learned articles and in multi-volume works. Full notice is taken of these recent scholarly initiatives in writing this short account, which is also eminently readable. In each section there is a balance between the institution

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes and Abbreviations; Map: The Mediterranean World; Introduction; Chapter 1 Pentecost to the Fourth Century; Chapter 2 Early Middle Ages: 400-1054; Chapter 3 Central and Late Middle Ages; Chapter 4 Early Modern Catholicism: 1500-1800; Chapter 5 Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Conclusion; Appendix: List of Ecumenical Councils; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613089175

9781283089173

1283089173

9781441162120

1441162127

9781441140203

OCLC:

721194849