Barbarian Conversion From Paganism to Christianity

Name: Barbarian Conversion From Paganism to Christianity
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ISBN: 9780520218598

ISBN-10: 0520218590

ISBN-13: 9780520218598

Edition: 1999

Authors: Richard Fletcher

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In a work of splendid scholarship that reflects both a firm mastery of difficult sources and a keen intuition, one of Britain's foremost medievalists tells the story of the Christianization of Europe. It is a very large story, for conversion encompassed much more than religious belief. With it came enormous cultural change: Latin literacy and books, Roman notions of law and property, and the concept of town life, as well as new tastes in food, drink, and dress. Whether from faith or by force, from self-interest or by revelation, conversion had an immense impact that is with us even today. It is Richard Fletcher's achievement in this superb work that he makes that impact both felt and…

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List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 575
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.782



List of Maps


List of Plates


Preface



Who Is It For?



The Challenge of the Countryside



Beyond the Imperial Frontiers



The New Constantines



An Abundance of Distinguished Patrimonies



The Chalice and the Horn



Campaigning Sceptres: the Frankish Drive to the East



Rising by Steps: Christian Consolidation



Rival Monotheisms



A Certain Greek Named Methodius



Scandinavians Abroad and at Home



The Eastern Marches from Wenceslas to Nyklot



Mission into Church



The Sword Our Pope: the Baltic and Beyond



Slouching Towards Bethlehem


Further Reading


Notes


Index