Religion and the rise of Western culture / by Christopher Dawson.

Author: Dawson, Christopher, 1889-1970.

Imprint:London : Sheed & Ward, c1950.

Descriptionxvi, 286 p. : illus. ; 21 cm.

Note:Gifford lectures for 1948-1949

Note:The significance of the western development -- The religious origins of western culture: the church and the barbarians -- The monks of the west and the formation of the western tradition -- The barbarians and the Christian kingdom -- The second dark age and the conversion of the North -- The Byzantine tradition and the conversion of Eastern Europe -- The reform of the church in the 11th century and the medieval papacy -- The feudal world: chivalry and the courtly culture -- The medieval city: commune and gild -- The medieval city: school and university -- The religious crisis of medieval culture: the 13th century -- Medieval religion and popular culture.

Note:Recommended in Books for College Libraries

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