The papers reprinted here all have to do with the very varied ways in which religion made an impact upon, or was intertwined with, political and social life. Th

During the middle ages, belief in God was the single more important principle for every person, and the all-powerful church was the most important institution.

These ten essays by John Van Engen situate religion in the history of medieval Western Europe: as an unavoidable presence in everyday life, as a conceptual fram

Western European civilization evolved during the medieval centuries when the whole area was converted to Christianity in its Latin Catholic form. This account i

These ten essays by John Van Engen situate religion in the history of medieval Western Europe: as an unavoidable presence in everyday life, as a conceptual fram