Chapter 1: THE CHURCH IN THE WEST DURING THE LAST CENTURY OF THE IMPERIAL UNITY, 313-30

THE DONATIST SCHISM, 311-393

ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE DONATIST SCHISM

ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE HERESY OF PELAGIUS

THE INFLUENCE OF ST. AUGUSTINE

PRISCILLIAN

THE ROMAN SEE AND THE WESTERN CHURCHES

Chapter 2: THE CHURCH AND THE DISRUPTION OF THE IMPERIAL UNITY, 395-537

THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE FOURTH CENTURY: DIOCLETIAN TO THEODOSIUS, 284-395

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES DURING THE FIFTH CENTURY, 395-526

THE CHURCHES OF THE WEST DURING THE CRISIS SPAIN, AFRICA, GAUL

THE ROMAN SEE AND ITALY

ST. PATRICK AND THE CONVERSION OF THE IRISH

ST. BENEDICT AND THE HOLY RULE

Chapter 3: ST. GREGORY THE GREAT AND THE BEGINNINGS OF RESTORATION

ST. GREGORY, FOUNDER OF THE MIDDLE AGES

ITALY, GAUL AND SPAIN IN THE CENTURY OF ST. GREGORY

THE CHURCH IN ROMAN BRITAIN: THE CONVERSION OF THE ENGLISH, 313-735

MAHOMET AND THE RISE OF ISLAM

SPANISH CATHOLICISM AND ST. ISIDORE OF SEVILLE, 589-711

Chapter 4: THE CHURCH AND THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE, 714-814

THE HERESY OF THE ICONOCLASTS

THE WORK OF ST. BONIFACE

THE ORIGIN OF THE PAPAL STATE

THE FIRST YEARS OF THE PAPAL STATE

CHARLEMAGNE, 768-814

Chapter 5: THE SIEGE OF CHRISTENDOM, 814-1046

THE BREAK-UP OF CHARLEMAGNE'S EMPIRE, 814-888

CAROLINGIAN CATHOLICISM: PIETY, LEARNING, MISSIONS

EASTERN CATHOLICISM: THE END OF ICONOCLASM: THE SCHISM OF PHOTIUS: 813-925

THE ROMAN SEE AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THE EMPIRE, 814-900

THE ROMAN SEE AND THE ANARCHY, 900-1046

CATHOLIC LIFE DURING THE ANARCHY: ABUSES, REFORMERS, MISSIONARY CONQUESTS

Chapter 6: THE RESTORATION OF SPIRITUAL INDEPENDENCE, 1046-1123

THE MOVEMENT OF REFORM AND ST. GREGORY VII, 1046-1123

THE SCHISM OF CERULARIUS

THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISLAM: SICILY, SPAIN, THE EAST. 106-1099

THE MONASTIC RENAISSANCE: CHARTREUSE, CITEAUX, PREMONTRE

THE RENAISSANCE OF CATHOLIC THOUGHT

THE FIRST GENERAL COUNCIL IN THE WEST

Chapter 7: THE AGE OF ST. BERNARD, 1123-1181

ST. BERNARD

THE PROGRESS OF CATHOLIC THOUGHT: ABELARD -- GILBERT OF LA PORREE -- HUGH OF ST. VICTOR -- PETER LOMBARD -- GRATIAN -- ROLAND BANDINELLI

THE ROMAN SEE IN THE GENERATION AFTER THE CONCORDAT OF WORMS, 1123-1153

THE LATIN EAST, 1100-1151

THE IMPERIAL MENACE TO THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION: (I) FREDERICK BARBAROSSA AND ALEXANDER III, 1154-1177

THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF 1179

Chapter 8: THE CRISIS OF THE MIDDLE AGES, 1181-1198

THE IMPERIAL MENACE TO THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION: (2) THE EMPEROR HENRY VI

THE DISASTERS IN THE LATIN EAST, 1150-1197

CATHOLIC THOUGHT: THE MENACE OF ARISTOTLE AND AVERROES

ANTI-CLERICALISM, HERESY AND ANTI-CATHOLICISM: WALDENSES, JOACHIM OF FLORA, ALBIGENSES

Chapter 9: INNOCENT III AND THE CATHOLIC REACTION, 1198-1216

THE CRUSADE AGAINST THE ALBIGENSES

ST. DOMINIC AND THE FRIARS PREACHERS

ST. FRANCIS AND THE FRIARS MINOR

INNOCENT III AND THE CATHOLIC PRINCES

INNOCENT III AND THE LATIN EAST

INNOCENT III AND THE REFORM OF CATHOLIC LIFE: THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF 1215

Chapter 10: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY: ACHIEVEMENT AND PROBLEMS, 1216-1274.

THE IMPERIAL MENACE TO THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION: (3) THE EMPEROR FREDERICK II.

THE CRUSADE OF ST. LOUIS IX, 1247-1254

INNOCENT IV AND THE PAPAL MONARCHY

THE END OF THE HOHENSTAUFEN: URBAN IV, CLEMENT IV AND CHARLES OF ANJOU

THE INQUISITION

THE TRIUMPH OF THE CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE: ST. BONAVENTURE, ST. ALBERT THE GREAT, ST. THOMAS AQUINAS