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, andConfession]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