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Early and Middle Medieval Church (A.D. 600–1200) | A Cloud of Witnesses, Session 4
Was the medieval period really a “Dark Age” for Christianity?
In this episode of A Cloud of Witnesses: The History of the Church, we explore the early and middle medieval church from A.D. 600–1200—a period often remembered for castles, knights, crusades, and church corruption, but which was also a time of remarkable Christian growth, influence, theological development, missions, and reform.
We’ll look at the rise of the papacy and the influence of Charlemagne, the complicated relationship between church and state, the problems of simony and the Investiture Controversy, the role of monastic…
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