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  • The Roots of the Reformation

    Tradition, Emergence and Rupture

    by G. R. Evans ...
    Renowned historian G. R. Evans revisits the question of what happened at the Reformation. Contravening traditional paradigms of interpretation, Evans charts the controversies and challenges that roiled the era of the Reformation and argues that these are really part of a much longer history of discussion and disputation. Evans takes up several issues, such as Scripture, ecclesiology, authority, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of Medieval Christianity

    by Dr. G.R. Evans ...
    Series series Short Histories
    What did people really believe in the Middle Ages? Much of our sense of the medieval period has come down to us from the writings of the learned: the abbots, priors, magnates, scholastic theologians and others who between them, and across Christendom, controlled the machinery of church and state. For G R Evans too much emphasis has been placed on a governing elite and too little on those - the ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The University of Oxford

    A New History

    by Dr. G.R. Evans ...
    A generation or so ago, the Inklings - C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams - met regularly in an Oxford pub to encourage one another in the writing of fictions set in fantasy worlds... Philip Pullman's Gyptians live on an Oxford canal and it is from Oxford that his characters gain entry to another world... It is true that Oxford is a world to itself, a village where everyone stops in ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • The University of Cambridge

    A New History

    by Dr. G.R. Evans ...
    The intertwined stories of the great English 'Varsity' universities have many colourful aspects in common, yet each also boasts elements of true distinctiveness. So while the histories of Oxford and Cambridge are both characterised by seething town and gown rivalries, doctrinal conflicts and heretical outbursts, shifts of political and religious allegiance and gripping stories of individual ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers

    by G.R. Evans ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    Focussing on individuals whose ideas shaped intellectual life between 400 and 1500, Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers is an accessible introduction to those religious, philosophical and political concepts central to the medieval worldview. Including such diverse figures as Bede and Wyclif, each entry presents a biographical outline, a list of works and a summary of their main theories, alongside ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Church in the Early Middle Ages

    The I.B.Tauris History of the Christian Church

    by Dr. G.R. Evans ...
    Series series I.B.Tauris History of the Christian Church
    The creation of a new history of the Church at the beginning of the third millennium is an ambitious but necessary project. Perhaps nowhere is it needed more than in re-describing the Church's development - its life and its thinking - in the period that followed the end of the 'early Church' in antiquity. The cultural, social and political dominance of Christendom in what we now call 'the West', ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Bernard of Clairvaux

    by G. R. Evans ...
    Series series Great Medieval Thinkers
    In this book the renowned medievalist G.R. Evans provides a concise introduction to St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), a figure of towering importance on the twelfth-century monastic and theological scene. After a brief overview of Bernard's life, Evans focuses on a few major themes in his work, including his theology of spirituality and his theology of the political life of the Church. The ... Read more

    $75.59 USD

  • Christian Faith in the Byzantine and Medieval Worlds

    by Mary Cunningham, G. R. Evans ...
    This is an accessible two-part introduction to key periods of Christian history.Faith in the Byzantine WorldFor many people the Byzantine world is an intriguing mystery. Here, Mary Cunningham presents readers with an ideal guide to this most fascinating of empires. Covering the period between 330 and 1453, the author begins by providing an outline of the history of the Byzantine Church, and then ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • The I.B.Tauris History of Monasticism

    The Western Tradition

    by Dr. G.R. Evans ...
    From the earliest centuries of the church, asceticism and the contemplative life have been profoundly important aspects of western Christianity. And in assessing the glories of western civilization, perhaps the best place to start is within medieval monastic institutions, not outside of them. For while monasteries withdrew from the main currents of their societies, until the rise of universities ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War

    The diaries of a World War One Bishop

    by G. R. Evans ...
    The story of outspoken pacifist bishop Edward Hicks throws new light on the problems of conscience created by World War One. Edward Hicks, Bishop of Lincoln, was already regarded as a maverick for his stance on the education of women, teetotalism, social justice, and votes for everyone. He came from a different class to that of most bishops. When war came, he was a rare dissenting voice amidst the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • First Light

    A History of Creation Myths from Gilgamesh to the God Particle

    by Dr. G.R. Evans ...
    Did the universe start with a bang, or has it existed always? Was there a supernatural being behind it all, or just mindless forces? The beginning of things has forever tested the limits of curiosity, and such questions have both challenged atheists and inspired believers. Ancient cultures resorted to myth and symbolism to tell vibrant stories about human origins. Later civilizations added ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The History of Christian Europe

    by G. R. Evans ...
    How did Christianity come to have such an extraordinary influence upon Europe? Gillian R. Evans' The History of Christian Europe offers a fascinating portrayal of the development and spread of Christianity in the context of over 2,000 years of European history.Beginning with the transmission of Jesus' teaching throughout the Roman world, Evans shows how Christianity transformed not only the ... Read more

    $20.89 USD