Few periods of history are more maligned and misunderstood than the Middle Ages--three-hundred years of division, shifting centers of power, and tensions both within the Church and also between the Church and the secular rulers of the time.
In an engaging and easy-to-understand style, historian and author Steve Weidenkopf highlights some of our greatest saints--Francis, Dominic, Anselm, Aquinas, and Catherine of Siena--and dispels nine commonly accepted misconceptions a.
Ave Maria Press The church and the middle ages (1000-1378): cathedrals, crusades, and the papacy in exile, paperback/steve weidenkopf
