The Mediaeval Church / Marshall W. Baldwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldwin, Marshall W., author.

Series:

The Development of Western Civilization Series

The Development of Western Civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medieval & Renaissance Studies.

Local Subjects:

Medieval & Renaissance Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This essay is unique in that it presents the mediaeval church not merely as a major proponent in the struggle for temporal power, but as an all-pervasive aspect of mediaeval life itself. The papacy was no more the church than the empire was feudalism. The church was Christendom and Christendom was the totality of European civilization. It was a way of life which had for its first purpose the worship of God and after that the civilization of man. Its members were the inhabitants of western Europe led and comforted by their parish priests, ruled-and according to chance-abused or protected by their lords and bishops, who together glimpsed only occasionally and from afar the passing might and splendor of emperors and popes. It is this church which Professor Baldwin has described with a skill and accuracy grounded in the most rigorous historical discipline and m a sympathy and understanding which can derive only from deep religious faith.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword / Whiting Fox, Edward

Contents

Introduction

I. The Western Church in the Feudal Age

II. The Church and the Reform of Society

III. The Church in the High Middle Ages

IV. The Popes and Political Authority

V. Eastern and Western Christendom

Suggestions for Further Reading

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Sep 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501741142

1501741144

OCLC:

1121057804