John R. Sommerfeldt

Christendom and Christianity in the Middle Ages

History & Biography

“Adriaan Bredero's book is a monumental and largely successful attempt to synthesize a period of ten centuries in the intellectual and social life of the church. No doubt specialists will disagree with elements in that synthesis, but no serious reader will be able to ignore it, and few will fail to admire Bredero's effort. Though Bredero is a Catholic, he rejects any romanticizing of the medieval church and medieval society; he rather applies the highest standards of critical research to his topic.”