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Oxford History of the Christian Church
The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250
In this book Morris examines the building of Christian society between 1050 and 1250. The two centuries covered were among the most creative in the history of the Church and saw the emergence of much that is considered characteristic of European culture and universities, commercial cities, hospitals, the crusades, the inquisition, papal government, canon law, and marriage in its "western" form.
690 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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March 13, 2011
This book is comprehensive in scope and does a very good job giving the general history of the western church from Gregory VII to Innocent III. This volume is a mainstay of ecclesiastical history, whcih is no doubt why it was on my exam list. This is an easily read book, and Morris spend a lot of space on Gregory VII, Frederick I, Bernard, Innocent III, but sometimes he is unclear on the overarching role they play within the period. One of the strongest suits of the book is they way Morris covers the Cistercians, which is almost comprehensive and masterly analytical. The bibliography is okay.
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