LEADER 04617nam 2200661 450 001 9910798151403321 005 20210515231639.0 010 $a1-5017-0371-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501703713 035 $a(CKB)3710000000631021 035 $a(EBL)4517894 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001639521 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16398692 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001639521 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14836963 035 $a(PQKB)11353684 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001510490 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4517894 035 $a(OCoLC)945976868 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51398 035 $a(DE-B1597)478376 035 $a(OCoLC)979970616 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501703713 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4517894 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11248556 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL951820 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000631021 100 $a20160903h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBefore the Gregorian reform $ethe Latin Church at the turn of the first millennium /$fJohn Howe 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8014-5289-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction: A Pre-Gregorian Reform? --$t1. "Wolves Devouring the Lambs of Christ" --$t2. "Enter Confidently into the War of the Lord God" --$t3. "A White Mantle of Churches" --$t4. "To Rouse Devotion in a Carnal People" --$t5. "Following in the Footsteps of the Saints" --$t6. "When My Soul Longs for the Divine Vision" --$t7. "Learning Is Part of Holiness" --$t8. "The Body Is Not a Single Part" --$t9. "One Shepherd Presides over All Generally" --$tEpilogue: A Pope Captured, A Church Triumphant --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aHistorians typically single out the hundred-year period from about 1050 to 1150 as the pivotal moment in the history of the Latin Church, for it was then that the Gregorian Reform movement established the ecclesiastical structure that would ensure Rome's dominance throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. In Before the Gregorian Reform John Howe challenges this familiar narrative by examining earlier, "pre-Gregorian" reform efforts within the Church. He finds that they were more extensive and widespread than previously thought and that they actually established a foundation for the subsequent Gregorian Reform movement. The low point in the history of Christendom came in the late ninth and early tenth centuries-a period when much of Europe was overwhelmed by barbarian raids and widespread civil disorder, which left the Church in a state of disarray. As Howe shows, however, the destruction gave rise to creativity. Aristocrats and churchmen rebuilt churches and constructed new ones, competing against each other so that church building, like castle building, acquired its own momentum. Patrons strove to improve ecclesiastical furnishings, liturgy, and spirituality. Schools were constructed to staff the new churches. Moreover, Howe shows that these reform efforts paralleled broader economic, social, and cultural trends in Western Europe including the revival of long-distance trade, the rise of technology, and the emergence of feudal lordship. The result was that by the mid-eleventh century a wealthy, unified, better-organized, better-educated, more spiritually sensitive Latin Church was assuming a leading place in the broader Christian world. Before the Gregorian Reform challenges us to rethink the history of the Church and its place in the broader narrative of European history. Compellingly written and generously illustrated, it is a book for all medievalists as well as general readers interested in the Middle Ages and Church history. 606 $aChurch history$y10th century 606 $aChurch history$y11th century 606 $aChurch renewal$xCatholic Church$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aEurope$xChurch history$y600-1500 615 0$aChurch history 615 0$aChurch history 615 0$aChurch renewal$xCatholic Church$xHistory 676 $a270.3 700 $aHowe$b John$f1947 March 13-$01487554 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798151403321 996 $aBefore the Gregorian reform$93707474 997 $aUNINA