This concise introduction offers an up-to-date survey of papal history from the first century through to the sixteenth century. It explores the basis of the papacy's claim to authority over all Christians, and the unique role that the Roman Church and its papal leadership played in the historical development of medieval Europe.
This concise introduction offers an up-to-date survey of papal history from the first century through to the sixteenth century. It explores the basis ...
This concise introduction offers an up-to-date survey of papal history from the first century through to the sixteenth century. It explores the basis of the papacy's claim to authority over all Christians, and the unique role that the Roman Church and its papal leadership played in the historical development of medieval Europe.
This concise introduction offers an up-to-date survey of papal history from the first century through to the sixteenth century. It explores the basis ...
Brett Whalen explores the compelling belief that Christendom would spread to every corner of the earth before the end of time. During the High Middle Ages--an era of crusade, mission, and European expansion--the Western followers of Rome imagined the future conversion of Jews, Muslims, pagans, and Eastern Christians into one fold of God's people, assembled under the authority of the Roman Church.
Starting with the eleventh-century papal reform, Whalen shows how theological readings of history, prophecies, and apocalyptic scenarios enabled medieval churchmen to project the authority...
Brett Whalen explores the compelling belief that Christendom would spread to every corner of the earth before the end of time. During the High Midd...
