The medieval church [electronic resource] : a brief history / Joseph H. Lynch, Phillip C. Adamo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. The basics of Christianity -- ch. 2. Ancient Christianity -- ch. 3. Beginnings of the medieval church -- ch. 4. The conversion of the west (350-700) -- ch. 5. The Papal-Frankish Alliance -- ch. 6. The church in the Carolingian Empire -- ch. 7. The Carolingian Renaissance -- ch. 8. The collapse of the Carolingian world -- ch. 9. The church in the year 1000 -- ch. 10. the eleventh-century reforms -- ch. 11. The rise of Christendom -- ch. 12. The age of the papacy -- ch. 13. The New Testament revival -- ch. 14. Monastic life in the twelfth century -- ch. 15. The heretics -- ch. 16. The friars -- ch. 17. The schools -- ch. 18. The sacramental life -- ch. 19. Crisis and calamity -- ch. 20. The church in the fifteenth century -- ch. 21. Epilogue.