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Weidenkopf highlights some of our greatest saints—Francis, Dominic, Anselm, Aquinas, and Catherine of Siena—and dispels nine commonly accepted misconceptions about the era, which was an exciting period of enduring faith, reform, cultural achievement, as well as defeat and division.

With accounts of pivotal events and inspiring stories of the people who shaped the Church during the eleventh through fourteenth centuries, Weidenkopf provides a picture of an era where critics used events such as the Crusades and the relocation of the papacy to France to undermine the Church.

The period also provided the hallmarks of Christian civilization—universities, cathedrals, castles, and various religious orders.