"Examines the chronology of the Church’s acquisition of wealth, and particularly of landed property, as well as the distribution of its income, in the period

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

This comprehensive survey of the history of the Church in Western Europe, as institution and spiritual body.

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