A short history of the Roman Mass / Uwe Michael Lang.

The Last Supper
The quest for the origins of the Eucharist
The third century between peaceful growth and persecution
Early eucharistic prayers: oral improvisation and sacred language
After the peace of the Church: liturgy in a Christian empire
The formative period of Latin liturgy
Papal stational liturgy
Codification of liturgical books
The Frankish adoption and adaptation of the Roman rite
Monastic life and imperial patronage
Reform papacy and liturgical unification
The impact of the Franciscans on the Roman Mass
Eucharistic devotion of the high Middle Ages
The later Middle Ages: all decay and decline?
The rite of Mass at the eve of the Protestant Reformation
The shape of the Tridentine Mass
From the Tridentine period to the liturgical movement
The Second Vatican Council and the reform of the rite of Mass
Ongoing liturgical renewal
Further perspectives
Glossary.