[fidelis]

For a more complete (and less juvenile) treatment of this same topic, I'd recommend:

Those Terrible Middle Ages

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization

[vladimir998]

And I would add: http://www.amazon.com/Catholic-Church-Built-Western-Civilization/dp/0895260387/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358114743&sr=1-4&keywords=thomas+woods