History of the Church

This second volume continues Hughes' magnificent portrayal of the history of the church. Here he picks up from where he left off at the end of Volume 1 as he concentrates on the West from the time of Constantine's conversion, when the the Church was beginning to make a world of its own. He continues the Church's history to the end of the thirteenth century, when the strong point of the Church was reached and a new secular order was already appearing.