Taking Heaven by Violence
The Middle Ages in the Making of the West
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- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2027
Summary
The “Middle Ages” pose a problem in grand narratives of Western Civilization. Composed of a seemingly murky labyrinth of dynastic successions, strange wars, and obscure controversies, they are often glossed over as a dull intermission between Antiquity and the Renaissance. From its first formulation, the term medieval was deployed as a slur imputing barbarism, ignorance, and superstition.
Yet, by the logic of the traditional, tripartite division of history—ancient, medieval, modern—th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781641775380 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1641775386 |
| Author: | Charles C. Yost |
| Publisher: | Encounter Books,USA |
| Imprint: | Encounter Books,USA |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 228mm |
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Charles C. Yost
Charles C. Yost
Charles C. Yost is an Associate Professor of Medieval History at Hillsdale College. He received his PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 2019 and his MA in Medieval Studies from Columbia University in 2012. At Hillsdale College, he was honored as “Professor of the Year” in 2024.
While his primary research focuses on the historical relations between the Byzantine Empire and the Latin West, the issue of the schism, and Byzantine intellectuals who advocated for communion with Rome, he possesses a broad expertise in medieval and Byzantine civilization. He has contributed to both popular and academic publications in these fields.
His scholarship includes a study on Rome and Constantinople as perceived by Byzantine unionists, published in the journal Pietas in 2025. Additionally, his major work on the thought of John Plousiadenos, the last prominent Byzantine unionist (d. 1500), was featured in Speculum, the leading English-language journal for medieval studies, in April 2026.
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