TY - BOOK AU - Southern,R.W. TI - Western society and the church in the middle ages T2 - The Pelican history of the Church, 2 SN - 0140137556 AV - BR 252 .S6 1970 U1 - 270 PY - 1970///] CY - London. PB - Penguin Books KW - Church history KW - Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Civilization, Medieval N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Contents; Church and society -- The divisions of time. The primitive age, c. 700-c. 1050 ; The age of growth, c. 1050-c. 1300 ; The age of unrest, c. 1300-c. 1550 -- The divisions of Christendom. The seeds of disunity ; The two churches ; The search for reunion -- The papacy. The primitive age, c. 700-c. 1050 ; The age of growth, c. 1050-c. 1300 ; The inflationary spiral, c. 1300-c. 1520 -- Bishops and archbishops. The Carolingian church order and its break-up ; Bishops in the service of the pope -- The religious orders. The Benedictines ; The new orders ; The friars -- Fringe orders and anti-orders. The general environment ; A confusion of tongues -- Epilogue -- List of popes, 590-1513 N2 - Summary; St. Anselm - Astrology - St. Augustine - St. Thomas A'Becket - St. Benedict - Byzantine Empire - Crusades - Dominicans (origin of) ; St. Francis - Heresy - Thomas Aquinas - Women in Religion - Women and the church__ ER -