Book recommendations? DS in World History class

[BevMomof4]

My son is a sophomore in High School. He is taking a World History class this year. They are covering European middle ages and Renaissance so far. He is coming home with alot of negative statements about the Church and the Popes from that time period.

I looking for a good book that he and I can read together that will give a balanced view on Church History. Suggestions?

 

[Graubo3]

My son is a sophomore in High School. He is taking a World History class this year. They are covering European middle ages and Renaissance so far. He is coming home with alot of negative statements about the Church and the Popes from that time period.

I looking for a good book that he and I can read together that will give a balanced view on Church History. Suggestions?

I have found Hillaire Belloc useful. Reading together is ideal.

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Peace, Graubo

 

[promethius]

My son is a sophomore in High School. He is taking a World History class this year. They are covering European middle ages and Renaissance so far. He is coming home with alot of negative statements about the Church and the Popes from that time period.

I looking for a good book that he and I can read together that will give a balanced view on Church History. Suggestions?

I’ve always found the Catholic Encyclopedia to be a very HONEST source of information. It doesn’t cover up the bad, but it does explain the context and enlightens on the subject of the good… something that American (and English) historians leave out since anti-catholicism is the oldest form of discrimination in the United States.

 

[GraceSofia]

I have read and really like: Seven Lies about Catholic History and Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church

I have not read but have been told by people whom I believe know what they are talking about, that the best comprehensive history available is the History of Christendom series by Warren H. Carroll.

 

[Glennonite]

My son is a sophomore in High School. He is taking a World History class this year. They are covering European middle ages and Renaissance so far. He is coming home with alot of negative statements about the Church and the Popes from that time period.

I looking for a good book that he and I can read together that will give a balanced view on Church History. Suggestions?

I don’t have a book, but how about a quote? Cardinal John Henry Neuman (a Catholic convert) said, “To learn histiory is to cease being Protestant”.

Courage,

Glennonite

 

[MaryBernard]

Christ the King - Lord of History by Anne W. Carroll.