Christianity Through the Thirteenth Century (Documentary History of W.Civilization) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333002261 ISBN 13: 9780333002261

Publisher: Macmillan, 1971

Synopsis

Covering the centuries of Christianity from
the Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325) to the death
of St Thomas Aquinas (1274), the selections
in this volume have been chosen to illustrate
the features most characteristic of each of
the four periods. First was the early
patristic age, with its Councils and
barbarian eruptions. Following the death of
Gregory the Great (A.D. 604) came the
Carolingian age and then that of European
recovery, which lasted to the middle of the
twelfth century. The fourth period, 'the
high middle ages', to the end of the
thirteenth century, was, again, a time of
Councils and Saints.
The documents, in wide variety, might be
described as selections illustrating
Christian life, largely in the West, in its
varied and changing aspects. For reasons of
space certain categories, such as
controversies over jurisdiction and
Byzantine Christianity, have been omitted.
Many of the translations have been prepared
by the editor for this volume.

Marshall Baldwin is Professor of
History at New York University


The past is often its own best spokesman
despite the good intentions of historians.
Too commonly, when we come to history
second-hand we lose sight of the humanity
within past eras, movements, and ideas.
This series has been conceived as a means
of restoring the immediacy the events of
history held for their participants. These
volumes, edited by leading authorities,
provide the basic primary sources for an
understanding of the history of western
civilization. The books are grouped around
central topics in economic, social, and
intellectual history as well as some of the
traditional chronological blocs.
Each volume has a substantial editorial
commentary, including a fresh, scholarly
introduction. Each document is set in its
historical context, with elucidations and
identifications when necessary. Each is
complete whenever possible, or is given in
a substantial excerpt. Much of the material
is hard to find except in the most
comprehensive university libraries, and a
great deal has never been translated into
English before.
Eugene C. Black and Leonard W. Levy
General Editors

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333002261
• ISBN 13: 9780333002261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 444