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R. W. Southern.
Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages.

Published Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1990 reissue (previously issued by Pelican 1970).
The Penguin History of the Church vol. 2.
ISBN 0140137556;
ISBN-13: 9780140137552.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: BPCC Hazell Books, Aylesbury.
Size: 128x197x20mm.
Page count: 376pp inc. 8 monochrome charts and maps.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some scuffs and creases on its covers, some wear on the edges & corners, but the spine is not creased from reading; pages yellowed with age; at least 11 pages have some extensive pencil marking including underlining.


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[Publisher’s price £12.99]
Weight without packaging: 262g.

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Contents: Church & society; The divisions of time; The divisions of Christendom; The Papacy; Bishops & archbishops; The religious orders; Fringe orders & anti-orders; Epilogue.

Illustrations: 5 monochrome text figures
Maps & plans: 2

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronologies: Ecumenical councils; List of popes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes


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