About this title: The history of the Western church in the Middle Ages is the history of the most elaborate and thoroughly integrated system of religious thought and practice the world has ever known. It is also the history of European society during eight hundred years of sometimes rapid change. This authoritative history shows how the concept of an organized ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140205039ISBN:0140205039
Description: Paperback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition, suitable as a study copy. pp., 350grams, ISBN: 0140205039. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140205039ISBN:0140205039
Description: Good. Page colour-Slightly discoloured in accordance with book age. Spine-Slightly worn in accordance with age and use. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140205039ISBN:0140205039
Description: Good. No Jacket. 4.25" x 7" 376 pages, condition is good, some edge wear to the covers, the edges of the pages are tanning, there is an owners name to the top of the flyleaf. The Perlican History of the Church 2. read more
Description: "During the Middle Ages 'church' and 'state' did not exist. This book by the President of St. John's College at Oxford is a profound study of the social mechanisms of religious change. " Pp.376, slight toning to pages, owners name to inside front cover. Pbk. VG. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140205039ISBN:0140205039
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1970. Paperback. Number of pages: 384. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140205039ISBN:0140205039
Description: Published by PENGUIN in 1970, 376 pages, 1st edition, paperback, medium size, covers good, internally good. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS
Date Published: 0
Description: Published by Penguin Books in 0000. Paperback. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140205039ISBN:0140205039
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1970. Paperback. Number of pages: 382. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Description: 376 pp. eight charts and maps. Volume 2 of the Pelican History of the Church. Discusses the role of the Church in evolving society in the middle ages. Page edges browning, a little pencil annotation, but still a good copy in lightly worn card covers. ISBN 0140205039. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140205039ISBN:0140205039
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1970. Paperback. Number of pages: 384. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140205039ISBN:0140205039
Description: Good in Unknown jacket. Good INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE CHURCH HISTORY. SOME INK NOTATIONS IN MARGINS, AND SOME INK UNDERLINING VERY GOOD COVER, PAGES BROWNING WITH AGE, HIGHLY READABLE. read more
Description: Good. Pelican, 1975 printing, PB. Good reading copy, solid binding, wear on corners and edges, page toning, no markings or highlighting. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140205039ISBN:0140205039
Description: A good reading copy only. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. May have underlining or highlighting throughout. -, Mass Market PaperBack, Good / read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1970-02-28
ISBN-13:9780140205039ISBN:0140205039
Description: Good. Binding is tight, with a bow. Text is age-tanned, with some underlining. Cover shows some wear and tear (taped); creased, moderate edge and corner wear. Ex-library copy with typical markings and attachments. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
"Southern's book remains an excellent historical introduction to the shaping of medieval ecclesiastical institutions by their environment (and to a lesser extent the other way as well). It has been rounded out by other deeper studies including those clever studies attempting to grasp "the large mass of inarticulate Christians" and heretical movements, but it remains a lively and thoughtful survey of medieval life from 600 to 1500. Covering political relations, relations with the East, the papacy, bishops, religious orders, and fringe movements (beguines and the brethren) he specializes in historical change and sentences that expand your understanding.
"The unity of the period from the seventh to the sixteenth century comes from the more or less effective preservation of a unity that draws its strength from the ancient world. The modern world begins when that strength, despite all the talk of humanists about the rediscovery of classical literature and culture, ebbed away."
After 1050: "The area of life directly controlled by an appeal to supernatural power was slowly and inexorably reduced. As a corollary of this, new methods and new efforts to enlarge the area of intelligiblity in the world are the most prominent features of the new age.... Both secular and spiritual hierarchies, becoming more clearly distinct in their offices, developed new techniques of government and a new range of expertise.""
"Good historical inquiry of the Papacy, Bishops and Monastic orders (and fringe orders) from the 11th to the 16th century. Obviously a small book can only do so much, but Southern narrows his topic well without oversimplifying. I good read for those interested in the relation of secular and sacred in the Middle ages."
"The three semester sequence of Church History courses was one of the unexpected delights in seminary, particularly Dr. Lotz' Mediaeval History. I had expected it to be dull memorization concerning what I still thought of as "the Dark Ages", that stultifying gap between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. Boy was I wrong! Well, at least the teacher and the readings he had us do were of a quality to excite my interest in the period."
"i finally read this properly in 2007 after having it for a class in 2003 and i discovered it rules. it really gets into the economic aspects behind many of the papacy's decisions, especially indulgences and all that."
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