1st Edition
Revival: The Decline of the Medieval Church Vol 1 (1930)
First Published in 2018. This is Volume I of the decline of the Medieval Church. This text looks at the attack on the political supremacy of the Papacy at the end of the thirteenth century up until the Great Western Schism- the period of ecclesiastical history from 1378 to 1417 when over forty years there was a serious disagreement about the true headship of the Church in Western Europe.
Part I: The Babylonian Captivitiy,
Chapter I Attack on the Political Supremacy of the Papacy,
Chapter II Literary Assailants and Defenders of Papal Authority,
Chapter III The Babylonian Captivity,
Chapter IV The Avignon Financial System: I. Income,
Chapter V The Avignon Financial System: II. Expenditure,
Chapter VI General Results of the Baylonian Captivity,
Chapter VII Political and Ecclesiastical Opposition to the Papacy in Europe,
Part II The Great Western Schism,
Chapter VIII The Great Westen Schism,
Chapter IX Efforts to heal the Schism,
Chapter X Significant results of the Schism,
Chapter XI Discussion of a new Constitution for the Church,
Sources: Chapters I-XI
Biography
Alexander Clarence Flick
