Alexander Clarence Flick’s The Rise of the Mediaeval Church traces the growth of the Christian Church and its influence on the civilisation of Western Europe from the first to the thirteenth century. Flick surveys the spread of Christianity, the development of the papacy and the monastic orders, the conversion of the barbarian peoples, and the Church’s central role in shaping the institutions, learning, and culture of the medieval world.
Comprehensive in scope, the work shows how the Church became the dominant force in medieval life, guiding politics, education, and society through the formative centuries of European civilisation. Flick combines narrative with thematic discussion of the Church’s many influences. Readers interested in church history, the Middle Ages, or the foundations of Western civilisation will find it valuable. This free EPUB edition makes available Flick’s wide-ranging history of the medieval Church.