Part III

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY

Chap. I--Expansion and Organization

§ 1. Position in the Seventh Century 165 § 2. Methods of Expansion 168 § 3. Growth of the Papacy 174

Chap. II--Religious Evolution and Strife

§ 1. Growth of Idolatry and Polytheism 184 § 2. Doctrines of the Eucharist, Purgatory, and Confession 189 § 3. Rationalistic Heresies 194 § 4. Anti-clerical Heresies 197

Chap. III--The Social Life and Structure

§ 1. The Clergy, Regular and Secular 205 § 2. The Higher Theology and its Effects 211 § 3. Christianity and Feudalism 213 § 4. Influence of the Crusades 218

Chap. IV--The Intellectual Life

§ 1. Superstition and Intolerance 224 § 2. The Inquisition 227 § 3. Classic Survivals and Saracen Contacts 231 § 4. Religion and Art 236

Chap. V--Byzantine Christianity 238