- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; First Edition edition (25 April 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415132894
- ISBN-13: 978-0415132893
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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'For its humane and learned approach to its enormous canvas, as well as for the cogency with which it penetrates at speed to the essentials of a vanished historical epoch, this History of the Church in the Middle Ages deserves a very wide audience indeed.' - English Historical Review
'To have written a scholarly and very readable history of the Western Church over a millennium, all in the space of 353 pages, is a remarkable tour de force, for which Donald Logan is to be warmly congratulated.' - The Tablet
"This is an excellent example of a textbook designed primarily for use in the classroom and for general readers. It is conceptually well organized, stylistically clear, intellectually thoughtful, and pedagogically useful." -- Thomas Head, Speculum
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'For its humane and learned approach to its enormous canvas, as well as for the cogency with which it penetrates at speed to the essentials of a vanished historical epoch, this History of the Church in the Middle Ages deserves a very wide audience indeed.' - English Historical Review
'To have written a scholarly and very readable history of the Western Church over a millennium, all in the space of 353 pages, is a remarkable tour de force, for which Donald Logan is to be warmly congratulated.' - The Tablet
"This is an excellent example of a textbook designed primarily for use in the classroom and for general readers. It is conceptually well organized, stylistically clear, intellectually thoughtful, and pedagogically useful." -- Thomas Head, Speculum
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This book sets out very clearly, very succinctly and in a very readable way the history of the Church from `pre-medieval' times to the fifteenth century. Episodes of note along the way, including the split with the Eastern Church, the clashes with Islam, crusades, the exile to Avignon and the Great Schism are all written about in a very engaging way for the reader.
Along the way there are also small biographies of people of note, including Peter Abelard and Thomas Becket, and the mini biographies of the various popes help make each of them memorable for the reader, along with their papal achievements (or lack of).
The book is notable for its attempts to offer a balanced view of the papacy and the Church, not always an easy task when strongly held views can sometimes distort a scholar's attempts at an historical narrative of such a long and turbulent period.
This book is highly recommended for anyone wishing to learn about the history of the Church in Medieval times, and about the people who shaped the action of the times.
Along the way there are also small biographies of people of note, including Peter Abelard and Thomas Becket, and the mini biographies of the various popes help make each of them memorable for the reader, along with their papal achievements (or lack of).
The book is notable for its attempts to offer a balanced view of the papacy and the Church, not always an easy task when strongly held views can sometimes distort a scholar's attempts at an historical narrative of such a long and turbulent period.
This book is highly recommended for anyone wishing to learn about the history of the Church in Medieval times, and about the people who shaped the action of the times.
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Informative, well-organized and blessedly readable
20 Sep 2008
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This carefully organized and easy-to-read history would make a fantastic text for an undergraduate survey course, a useful resource for grad students and teachers, and a good read for anyone even remotely interested in medieval Europe and Christian history.
Particularly engaging for a general audience are the author's treatment of the Crusades (particularly the first; it's a shame that only the first and fourth are covered in any depth, but perhaps this would've stretched beyond the book's intended scope?) and Chapter 9, in which the reader is treated to highly informative and also highly entertaining "profiles" of a few famous 12th century figures: Abelard and Heloise, Thomas Becket, and Hildegard von Bingen.
Logan weaves in references to trade and economics, politics, literature and art, as well as emphasizing 'church history' proper (doctrines, orders, etc.)
The result makes for a cohesive narrative... and yet, thankfully, Logan also reminds the reader from time to time that the job of the historian or student of history isn't just to seek out and enjoy an objective, linear, cohesive reading of 'facts' and indisputable documents, but to ask questions. (And so, where the facts at hand leave contradictions and unknowns, Logan openly points that out. I, for one, really appreciate a scholar who can stand to do that.)
I had not read anything by Logan prior, but will do so happily if I come across his work again.
Particularly engaging for a general audience are the author's treatment of the Crusades (particularly the first; it's a shame that only the first and fourth are covered in any depth, but perhaps this would've stretched beyond the book's intended scope?) and Chapter 9, in which the reader is treated to highly informative and also highly entertaining "profiles" of a few famous 12th century figures: Abelard and Heloise, Thomas Becket, and Hildegard von Bingen.
Logan weaves in references to trade and economics, politics, literature and art, as well as emphasizing 'church history' proper (doctrines, orders, etc.)
The result makes for a cohesive narrative... and yet, thankfully, Logan also reminds the reader from time to time that the job of the historian or student of history isn't just to seek out and enjoy an objective, linear, cohesive reading of 'facts' and indisputable documents, but to ask questions. (And so, where the facts at hand leave contradictions and unknowns, Logan openly points that out. I, for one, really appreciate a scholar who can stand to do that.)
I had not read anything by Logan prior, but will do so happily if I come across his work again.
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