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History of the Christian Church, Volume VI: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1294-1517

History of the Christian Church, Volume VI: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1294-1517

by Philip Schaff

Philip Schaff (1819–1893) was a Swiss-born church historian who taught at Mercersburg and later at Union Theological Seminary in New York. A bridge between German scholarship and the English-speaking church, he founded the American Society of Church History and edited vast reference works. Our library's Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series — which he conceived and edited — together with his History of the Christian Church and Creeds of Christendom, came largely through his labors.

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First published
1882
Length
261k words · about 17 hours
Chapters
82
Modernized version
In the reader: the Original, the Modernized text in present-day English, or both side by side. On average, the Modernized text keeps about 92% of the original wording.

About this book

The sixth volume of Philip Schaff's History of the Christian Church, covering the later Middle Ages, A.D. 1294-1517. Schaff follows the papacy's decline, the Renaissance, and the forerunners of the Reformation such as Wycliffe and Hus. The volume brings the reader to the eve of Luther's protest.

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Introductory Survey
  3. Sources and Literature
  4. Pope Boniface VIII. 1294-1303
  5. Boniface VIII. and Philip the Fair of France
  6. Literary Attacks against the Papacy
  7. The Transfer of the Papacy to Avignon
  8. The Pontificate of John XXII 1316-1334
  9. The Papal Office Assailed
  10. The Financial Policy of the Avignon Popes 🔒
  11. The Later Avignon Popes 🔒
  12. The Re-establishment of the Papacy in Rome. 1377 🔒
  13. Sources and Literature 🔒
  14. The Schism Begun. 1378 🔒
  15. Further Progress of the Schism. 1378-1409 🔒
  16. The Council of Pisa 🔒
  17. The Council of Constance. 1414-1418 🔒
  18. The council of Basel. 1431-1449 🔒
  19. The Council of Ferrara-Florence. 1438-1445 🔒
  20. Literature 🔒
  21. Ockam and the Decay of Scholasticism 🔒
  22. Catherine of Siena, the Saint 🔒
  23. Peter d'Ailly, Ecclesiastical Statesman 🔒
  24. John Gerson, Theologian and Church Leader 🔒
  25. Nicolas of Clamanges, the Moralist 🔒
  26. Nicolas of Cusa, Scholar and Churchman 🔒
  27. Popular Preachers 🔒
  28. Sources and Literature 🔒
  29. The New Mysticism 🔒
  30. Meister Eckart 🔒
  31. John Tauler of Strassburg 🔒
  32. Henry Suso 🔒
  33. The Friends of God 🔒
  34. John of Ruysbroeck 🔒
  35. Gerrit de Groote and the Brothers of the Common Life 🔒
  36. The Imitation of Christ. Thomas à Kempis 🔒
  37. The German Theology 🔒
  38. English Mystics 🔒
  39. Sources and Literature 🔒
  40. The Church in England in the Fourteenth Century 🔒
  41. John Wyclif 🔒
  42. Wyclif's Teachings 🔒
  43. Wyclif and the Scriptures 🔒
  44. The Lollards 🔒
  45. John Huss of Bohemia 🔒
  46. Huss at Constance 🔒
  47. Jerome of Prag 🔒
  48. The Hussites 🔒
  49. Literature and General Survey 🔒
  50. Nicolas V. 1447-1455 🔒
  51. Aeneas Sylvius de' Piccolomini, Pius II 🔒
  52. Paul II. 1464-1471 🔒
  53. Sixtus IV. 1471-1484 🔒
  54. Innocent VIII. 1484-1492 🔒
  55. Pope Alexander VI--Borgia. 1492-1503 🔒
  56. Julius II., the Warrior-Pope. 1503-1513 🔒
  57. Leo X. 1513-1521 🔒
  58. Literature 🔒
  59. Heretical and Unchurchly Movements 🔒
  60. Witchcraft and its Punishment 🔒
  61. The Spanish Inquisition 🔒
  62. Literature of the Renaissance 🔒
  63. The Intellectual Awakening 🔒
  64. Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio 🔒
  65. Progress and Patrons of Classical Studies in the 15th Century 🔒
  66. Greek Teachers and Italian Humanists 🔒
  67. The Artists 🔒
  68. The Revival of Paganism 🔒
  69. Humanism in Germany 🔒
  70. Reuchlin and Erasmus 🔒
  71. Humanism in France 🔒
  72. Humanism in England 🔒
  73. Literature 🔒
  74. The Clergy 🔒
  75. Preaching 🔒
  76. Doctrinal Reformers 🔒
  77. Girolamo Savonarola 🔒
  78. The Study and Circulation of the Bible 🔒
  79. Popular Piety 🔒
  80. Works of Charity 🔒
  81. The Sale of Indulgences 🔒
  82. The Close Of The Middle Ages 🔒

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