Author:
Dawson, Christopher, 1889-1970.
Imprint:San Francisco : Ignatius Press, c2008.
Description319 p. ; 20 cm.
Note:Pt. 1. Introductory -- I. Introduction to This Study -- II. Christianity and the History of Culture -- III. Nature of Culture -- IV. Growth and Diffusion of Culture -- Pt. 2. Beginnings of Christian Culture -- V. Christian and Jewish Idea of Revelation -- VI. Coming of the Kingdom -- VII. Christianity and the Greek World -- VIII. Christian Empire -- IX. Influence of Liturgy and Theology on the Development of Byzantine Culture -- X. Church and the Conversion of the Barbarians -- Pt. 3. Formation of Medieval Christendom: Its Rise and Decline -- XI. Foundation of Europe: The Monks of the West -- XII. Carolingian Age -- XIII. Feudal Europe and the Age of Anarchy -- XIV. Papacy and Medieval Europe -- XV. Unity of Western Christendom -- XVI. Achievement of Medieval Thought -- XVII. East and West in the Middle Ages -- XVIII. Decline of the Medieval Unity -- Epilogue -- XIX. Catholic Idea of a Universal Spiritual Society.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Original Version NoteOriginally published: New York : Sheed and Ward, 1967.