Western European civilization in the medieval centuries was a time of significant development as the ascendency of the Roman Catholic Church spread Christianity

A new narrative history of medieval Christianity, spanning from A.D. 500 to 1500, focuses on the role of women in Christianity; the relationships among Christia

During the middle ages, belief in God was the single more important principle for every person, and the all-powerful church was the most important institution.

The concept of an ordered human society, both religious and secular, as an expression of a divinely ordered universe was central to medieval thought. In the Wes

This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color imag