church history

Contains a concise history of the Catholic church from its victory over paganism in the first century AD through the twentieth century and examines the political and social issues that each generation faced.

Roman noble Petronius is intrigued by the Christian girl Ligia's strange tale in the Rome of Nero.

The story of Europe's tumultuous emergence from the Middle Ages.

An illustrated overview of Christianity, considering how the presentation of the gospel affected ordinary men and women throughout history and whether their understanding of the world influenced the nature of their faith.

Contains one hundred entries that provide information about significant people, events, and ideas in the history of Christianity, grouped chronologically from A.D. 64 to 1976.

Presents Christianity from the birth of Jesus to the present day.

A compelling account of the Englishwoman who disguised herself as a man and became pope in the 9th century.

Discusses the traditions of the preReformation era, the German and Swiss Reformations, Luther, Calvin, Knox, and the Protestant and Catholic churches.