Bibliography
Essential Reading
The Cambridge History of Christianity. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press. Vol. 1, Origins to Constantine, edited by M. M. Mitchell and F. Young
(2006); vol. 2, Constantine to ca. 600, edited by F. Casiday and F. W. Norris
(2007); vol. 3, Early Medieval Christianity, ca. 600–ca. 1100, edited by T. F.
X. Noble and J. M. H. Smith (2008); vol. 4, Christianity in Western Europe,
ca. 1100–1500, edited by M. Rubin and W. Simons (2009); vol. 5, Eastern
Christianity, edited by M. Angold (2006). Detailed and authoritative essays
by first-rate scholars on virtually every topic treated in this course.
Cross, F. L., and E. A. Livingstone, eds. The Oxford Dictionary of
the Christian Church. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
An indispensable reference for Christian history; both comprehensive
and accurate.
Frend, W. H. C. The Rise of Christianity. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.
A recommended broad survey.
Gonzalez, J. L. The Story of Christianity, vol. 1, The Early Church to the
Dawn of the Reformation. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Harper One, 2010. A
recommended broad survey.
Gruen, B. The Timetables of History. 3 rd rev. ed. New York: Simon and
Shuster, 1975. Recommended for chronology.
Kee, H. C., E. A. Hanawalt, C. Lindberg, J. L. Seban, and M. A. Knoll.
Christianity: A Social and Cultural History. New York: MacMillan, 1991. A
recommended broad survey.
Littell, F. Historical Atlas of Christianity. 2nd exp. ed. New York: Continuum,
- Provides help in locating things geographically.