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The Eastern Schism : a study of the papacy and the Eastern Churches during the XIth and XIIth centuries /

An attempt to tell the story of the final breach between the Church of Rome and the Eastern Orthodox Churches in its proper historical perspective. The Schism was due to the divergences in tradition and ideology between Eastern and Western Christendom, which had grown up during earlier centuries and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Runciman, Steven, 1903-2000 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1955.
Subjects:
Schism > Eastern and Western Church.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Schisme d'Orient.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Church history > Middle Ages
Schism > Eastern and Western Church
Papst
Ostkirche
Schisma
Orthodoxe Kirche
Oosters Schisma.
600-1500
Table of Contents:
  • The historical background
  • Michael Cerularius
  • From 1054 to the First Crusade
  • The churches and the crusades
  • Diplomacy and debate
  • The growth of popular animosity
  • The Fourth Crusade
  • The date and nature of the schism
  • Bibliography
  • Index.