Chapter III: Part III: Medieval Christianity

Chap. I--Expansion and Organization

§ 1. Position in the Seventh Century 165
§ 2. Methods of Expansion 168
§ 3. Growth of the Papacy 174

Chap. II--Religious Evolution and Strife

§ 1. Growth of Idolatry and Polytheism 184
§ 2. Doctrines of the Eucharist, Purgatory, and Confession 189
§ 3. Rationalistic Heresies 194
§ 4. Anti-clerical Heresies 197

Chap. III--The Social Life and Structure

§ 1. The Clergy, Regular and Secular 205
§ 2. The Higher Theology and its Effects 211
§ 3. Christianity and Feudalism 213
§ 4. Influence of the Crusades 218

Chap. IV--The Intellectual Life

§ 1. Superstition and Intolerance 224
§ 2. The Inquisition 227
§ 3. Classic Survivals and Saracen Contacts 231
§ 4. Religion and Art 236

Chap. V--Byzantine Christianity 238