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Title: Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages (Penguin History of the Church) by Richard William Southern ISBN: 0-14-013755-6 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb treatment of the subject!
Comment: What Southern attempts is daunting, to say the least: In 360 pages, he seeks to analyze how the church and society interacted during the entire 700-year period of the Middle Ages. And he has done a superb job of it. His book is comprehenisive without sounding platitudinous nor mired in detail, subtle without being rarefied. Another reviewer criticizes him for not giving enough attention to spiritual and theological aspects of the Middles Ages. The first part of this criticism is flatly false--the spiritual, insofar as they interact with society, abound in the book--and the second part is unwarranted, since Southern states in his first chapter that theological discussion lies outside the purview of the book. The reviewer, however, is correct in saying that it's a highly readable book. If you love church history--or want to learn how it should be written--this is a book you can't miss.
Rating: 4
Summary: Church and State in the Middle Ages
Comment: R.W. Southern's book is the second in a series of seven on the history of the Church. It begins with Pope Gregory II in the early eighth century and traces the development of the Church to the beginning of Henry VIII's reign in the early sixteenth century. Southern's emphasis is on the relationship between the Church as a religious institution and the political institutions of the Middle Ages, giving little attention to the Church's spiritual and theological components. The bulk of this volume covers the East-West schism of 1054, the papacy, the archbishops and bishops, and the various religious orders of this period. This book is scholarly in its approach, yet writtten in a very readable style. It gave me a much better understanding of the complex interactions between the Church and state during this period. I can recommend this volume to anyone interested in learning more about this era.
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Title: The Early Church (Penguin History of the Church, 1) by Henry Chadwick ISBN: 0140231994 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Reformation (Penguin History of the Church, 3) by Owen Chadwick ISBN: 0140137572 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Church and the Age of Reason 1648-1789 (Penguin History of the Church, Vol 4) by Gerlad R. Cragg ISBN: 0140137610 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1961 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Church in an Age of Revolution (The Penguin History of the Church 5) by Alexander Roper Vidler ISBN: 0140137629 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: A History of Christian Missions (Pelican History of the Church, Vol 6) by Stephen Neill ISBN: 0140137637 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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