History
History of the Christian Church, Volume 6: The Middle Ages, AD 1294–1517
Philip Schaff and David S. Schaff · 1910
The decline of the papacy, the Avignon popes and the schism, the reforming councils, Wyclif and Hus, and the Renaissance.
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Contents
CHAPTER I. THE DECLINE OF THE PAPACY AND THE AVIGNON EXILE. a.d. 1294-137710 pages
- § 2. Sources and Literature
- § 3. Pope Boniface VIII. 1294-1303
- § 4. Boniface VIII. and Philip the Fair of France
- § 5. Literary Attacks against the Papacy
- § 6. The Transfer of the Papacy to Avignon
- § 7. The Pontificate of John XXII 1316-1334
- § 8. The Papal Office Assailed
- § 9. The Financial Policy of the Avignon Popes
- § 10. The Later Avignon Popes
- § 11. The Re-establishment of the Papacy in Rome. 1377
Chapter II. The Papal Schism and the Reformatory Councils. 1378-14497 pages
Chapter III. Leaders of Catholic Thought8 pages
Chapter IV. The German Mystics11 pages
- § 27. Sources and Literature
- § 28. The New Mysticism
- § 29. Meister Eckart
- § 30. John Tauler of Strassburg
- § 31. Henry Suso
- § 32. The Friends of God
- § 33. John of Ruysbroeck
- § 34. Gerrit de Groote and the Brothers of the Common Life
- § 35. The Imitation of Christ. Thomas à Kempis
- § 36. The German Theology
- § 37. English Mystics
Chapter V. Reformers Before the Reformation10 pages
Chapter VI. The Last Popes of the Middle Ages. 1447-15219 pages
Chapter VII. Heresy and Witchcraft4 pages
Chapter VIII. The Renaissance11 pages
- § 61. Literature of the Renaissance
- § 62. The Intellectual Awakening
- § 63. Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio
- § 64. Progress and Patrons of Classical Studies in the 15th Century
- § 65. Greek Teachers and Italian Humanists
- § 66. The Artists
- § 67. The Revival of Paganism
- § 68. Humanism in Germany
- § 69. Reuchlin and Erasmus
- § 70. Humanism in France
- § 71. Humanism in England
Chapter IX. The Pulpit and Popular Piety11 pages
Philip Schaff and David S. Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Volume 6: The Middle Ages, AD 1294–1517 (1910). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.