Rise of Western Christendom Triumph and Diversity, A. D. 200-1000

Name: Rise of Western Christendom Triumph and Diversity, A. D. 200-1000
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ISBN: 9781118301265

ISBN-10: 1118301269

ISBN-13: 9781118301265

Edition: 3rd 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Peter Brown

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This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity’s first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European Christendom, Brown’s vivid prose charts the compelling and tumultuous rise of an institution that came to wield enormous religious and secular power.• Clear and vivid history of Christianity’s rise and its pivotal role in the making of Europe• Written by the celebrated Princeton scholar who originated of the field of study known as ‘late antiquity’• Includes a fully updated bibliography and…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/25/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 720
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.80" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.222
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Revised Edition


Preface to the Second Edition


Introduction



Empire and Aftermath: A.D. 200-500



"The Laws of Countries": Prologue and Overview



Christianity and Empire



Tempora Christiana: Christian Times



Virtutes sanctorum … strages gentium: "Deeds of Saints … Slaughter of Nations"



On the Frontiers: Noricum, Ireland, and Francia



Divergent Legacies: A.D. 500-600



Reverentia, rusticitas: Caesarius of Aries to Gregory of Tours



Bishops, City, and Desert: East Rome



Regimen animarum: Gregory the Great



The End of Ancient Christianity: A.D. 600-750



Powerhouses of Prayer: Monasticism in Western Europe



The Making of a Sapiens: Religion and Culture in Continental Europe and in Ireland



Medicamenta paenitentiae: Columbanus



Christianity in Asia and the Rise of Islam



"The Changing of the Kingdoms": Christians under Islam



Christianities of the North: Ireland



Christianities of the North: The Saxons of Britain



Micro-Christendoms



New Christendoms: A.D. 750-1000



The Crisis of the Image: The Byzantine Iconoclast Controversy



The Closing of the Frontier: Frisia and Germany



"To Rule the Christian People": Charlemagne



In gear dagum, "In Days of Yore": Northern Christendom and its Past


Notes


Coordinated Chronological Tables


Bibliography


Primary Sources


Secondary Sources


Index