Church History

A superbly entertaining overview of the Church of England over the last fifty years

A guide on the major events, persons and movements of Church History. Suitable for scholars, students and clergy, this title contains articles that are written by a broad range of scholars, It also includes bibliographies.

In this lively and entertaining volume, Trevor Beeson describes many of the greatest and most engaging Canons in the history of the Church of England. With a wealth of amusing detail and anecdote, as well as a skilful marshalling of the essential...

Investigates the Russians' own view of their conversion, the origin and development of the Russian religious-ideological myth from the 14th century to its secular transformation in the 18th century, the controversies of the 19th, and its influence...

Classic work of ecclesiastical history, exercising original and independent judgement. Volume II also available.

Classic work of ecclesiastical history, exercising original and independent judgement. Volume 1 also available.

"City and Sanctuary" challenges some common assumptions about the Near East in the Roman and Early Byzantine periods, by examining the architecture and urban desing of five cities: Palmyra, Petra, Gerasa, Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem....

William H. C. Frend, who has devoted more than fifty years to the study of the early Church, has since become one of the foremost church historians in the English-speaking world. He has published a series of pioneering books on this period, drawing...

A history of the formative period of the Church, this text includes an account of Rome and first-century Judaism, the gnostics and the conflicts of Eastern Christendom. It examines such figures as Origen, Arian and St Augustine of Hippo.

Throughout English history bishops have had a prominent role in both Church and State. In this lively and entertaining volume, Trevor Beeson describes many of the greatest and most engaging among them. With a wealth of amusing detail and anecdote,...