{"product_id":"the-penguin-history-of-the-church-western-society-and-the-church-in-the-middle-ages-hist-of-the-church-9780140137552","title":"The Penguin History of the Church Western Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe concept of an ordered human society, both religious and secular, as an expression of a divinely ordered universe was central to medieval thought. In the West the political and religious community were inextricably bound together, and because the Church was so intimately involved with the world, any history of it must take into account the development of medieval society.\u003cp\u003eProfessor Southern's book covers the period from the eighth to the sixteenth century. After sketching the main features of each medieval age, he deals in greater detail with the Papacy, the relations between Rome and her rival Constantinople, the bishops and archbishops, and the various religious orders, providing in all a superb history of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Church and Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Divisions of Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Primitive Age, c. 700-c. 1050\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. The Age of Growth, c. 1050-c. 1300\u003cbr\u003eThe main development\u003cbr\u003eThe rise and limits of clerical supremacy\u003cbr\u003eThe positive achievement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. The Age of Unrest, c. 1300-c. 1550\u003cbr\u003eThe changing environment\u003cbr\u003ePolitical change and reaction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The Divisions of Christendom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Seeds of Disunity\u003cbr\u003eDivergent habits\u003cbr\u003ePolitical separation\u003cbr\u003eDoctrinal differences\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. The Two Churches\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. The Search for Reunion\u003cbr\u003eThe military way\u003cbr\u003eThe political package deal\u003cbr\u003eThe way of understanding\u003cbr\u003eRegression\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. The Papacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Primitive Age, c. 700-c. 1050\u003cbr\u003eThe Vicar of St. Peter\u003cbr\u003eThe supreme temporal lord\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. The Age of Growth, c. 1050-c. 1300\u003cbr\u003eThe Vicar of Christ\u003cbr\u003eThe growth of business\u003cbr\u003eThe primacy and temporal power\u003cbr\u003eThe lawyer-popes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. The Inflationary Spiral, c. 1300-c. 1520\u003cbr\u003eIndulgences\u003cbr\u003eInternational politics\u003cbr\u003eThe struggle for benefices\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Bishops and Archbishops\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Carolingian Church Order and Its Break-Up\u003cbr\u003eThe formation of a bishop\u003cbr\u003eThe break-up of the Carolingian ideal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Bishops in the Service of the Pope\u003cbr\u003eAn archbishop in northern France\u003cbr\u003eAn archbishop in England\u003cbr\u003eA bishop in Germany\u003cbr\u003eAn episcopal family in northern Italy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. The Religious Orders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Benedictines\u003cbr\u003eThe Rule\u003cbr\u003eThe centuries of greatness\u003cbr\u003eChange and decay\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. The New Orders\u003cbr\u003eThe Augustinian canons\u003cbr\u003eThe Cistercians\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. The Friars\u003cbr\u003eThe environment\u003cbr\u003eAims and origins\u003cbr\u003eGrowth and achievement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e7. Fringe Orders and Anti-Orders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The General Environment\u003cbr\u003eThe behaviour of crowds\u003cbr\u003eThe influence of women in religious life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eII. A Confusion of Tongues\u003cbr\u003eThe beguines of Cologne\u003cbr\u003eThe religious brethren of Deventer and its neighbourhood\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eList of Popes, 590-153Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732345991511,"sku":"9780140137552","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140137552.jpg?v=1719996504","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-penguin-history-of-the-church-western-society-and-the-church-in-the-middle-ages-hist-of-the-church-9780140137552","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}