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Norman Tanner
Introduction: Background. Disasters. Crises within the western Church. Historiography. Outline of the chapters -- Papacy and councils: Avignon papacy. From papal schism to the Council of Florence. Renaissance papacy. Conclusion -- Clergy and religious orders: Diocesan )or secular( clergy. Religious orders. A case study: Norwich -- Laity: Minimal obligations. Popular religion. Relaxation and enjoyment. -- Knowledge and culture: Universities. Other learning. Arts, architecture and music -- Heresy and dissent: Cathars and Waldensians. John Wyclif and the Lollards. Jan Hus and the Hussites. Inquisition and the prosecution of heresy -- Eastern churches: The Orthodox Church. Other eastern churches -- Christendom and the non-Christian world: Judaism. Islam. Paganism, magic and witchcraft -- Conclusion