title: The Age of Knights, Friars, Popes and Reformers: From Leif Erikson to Martin Luther AD 1000-1517 (History of the Christian Church)
author: Leigh Churchill
description: Leigh Churchill takes us on a</br> roller coaster ride with vivid stories of</br> the best known names in church</br> history, whilst expertly keeping the</br> overall picture in view. This style</br> ensures that the books are an easy</br> read, for adults and teens alike a</br> most enjoyable read.</br> Evangelicals Now, 2001
zlib_text: A SUMMARY OF 
  CATHOLIC HISTORY 
  By Newman C. Eberhardt, G.M. 
  VOLUME II 
  MODERN HISTORY 
  B. HERDER BOOK CO. 
  15 & 17 South Broadway, St. Louis 2, Mo. 
  AND 2/3 Doughty Mews, London, W.C.1 
  
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  ARCHBISHOP OF ST. LOUIS-OCT. 16, 1961 
  © 1962 BY B. HERDER BOOK CO. 
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  PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
  BY VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC., BINGHAMTON, N.Y. 
  
  Contents 
  PART I: 
  THE CHURCH IN THE HUMANIST WORLD 
  Section I: Secular Humanism (1453-1776) 
  I. THE RENAISSANCE (1447-1517) �
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  4 
  1. 
   
  The Secular Renaissance �
  .. �
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  4 
  2. 
   
  The Ecclesiastical Renaissance �
  .. �
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  11 
  3. 
   
  The Renaissance Papacy (1447-84) . �
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  17 
  4.  
  The Evil Stewards �
  (1484-1503) �
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  23 
  5. 
   
  The Militant and Humanist Papacy (1503-21) . �
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  30 
  6.  
  Germanic Renaissance (1378-1519) �
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  36 
  7.  
  Slavic Renaissance �
  (1308-1526) �
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  42 
  8. 
   