The Papal Monarchy: Western Church from 1050 to 1250 (Oxford History of the Christian Church) - Hardcover

Morris, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198269072 ISBN 13: 9780198269076

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1989

Synopsis

Today's generation has seen the dissolution of Christendom in its old form and this study re-evaluates the building of a Christian society between 1050 and 1250 as the most creative period in the history of the Church; when the Church influenced the growth of western society perhaps more profoundly than any other time. The emergence of much that is considered characteristic of of European culture and religion included universities and commercial cities, the crusades, the inquisition, papal government, the college of cardinals, canon law, the friars, the confessional, chivalry, hospitals and marriage in it "western" form, as well as great catherdrals, fine village churches and a new Christian folklore. In all these developments, the Roman Church and the bishops were involved and in some of them they were the initiators.

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Review

Professor Morris has written a massively impressive book. It is difficult to know what to praise first: its comprehensive coverage, its masterful synthesis, its relentless good sense, or its felicitous prose ... a superb book that will for a very long time dominate teaching and thinking about the church in the high Middle Ages. (Times Higher Education Supplement)

outstandingly successful ... a masterpiece of compression ... although there is much delightful writing, much apt quotation, much helpful explanation and some ample narrative, so much is kept in view that there is no sense of waste or unbalance ... a major work of scholarship ... This is a very refreshing and rewarding book, and a splendid addition to a noble series. (C.N.L. Brooke, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, English Historical Review July "90)

Professor Morris sets out to given an account of the religious history of the Latin west ... he has done so comprehensively, and with a magnificent deployment of historical scholarship and literary skill ... The book is superbly organized, and as one expects from its author it is a model of lucidity ... a thought-provoking as well as a comprehensively informative survey. It triumphantly succeeds in satisfying the needs of the expert, the student and the general reader; may it soon be made available at a less formidable price. (H.E.J. Cowdrey, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, History No.245 October 1990)

About the Author

Colin Morris is at University of Southampton.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198269072
• ISBN 13: 9780198269076
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 690