The Rise of Western Christendom
Blackwell Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-631-22138-8 (ISBN)
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This book offers a vivid, compelling history of the first thousand years of Christianity. For the second edition, the book has been thoroughly rewritten and expanded. It includes two new chapters, as well as an extensive preface in which the author reflects on the scholarly traditions which have influenced his work and explains his current thinking about the book's themes. * New edition of popular account of the first 1000 years of Christianity. * Thoroughly rewritten, with extensive new preface of author's current thinking. * Includes new maps, substantial bibliography, and numerous chronological tables.
Peter Brown is Rollins Professor of History at Princeton University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the British Academy, and the Royal Historical Society. His previous books include Augustine of Hippo: A biography (1967, second revised edition, 2000); Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity (1982); The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity (1989); Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire (1992) and Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire (2001).
List of Maps. Preface. Introduction. Part I: Empire and Aftermath: AD 200-500. 1. 'The Laws of Countries": Prologue and Overview. 2. Christianity and Empire. 3. Tempora Christiana: Christian Times. 4. Virtutes sanctorum . strages gentium: "Deeds of Saints . Slaughter of Nations". 5. On the Frontier: Noricum, Ireland, and Francia. Part II: Divergent Legacies: AD 500-750. 6. Reverentia, rusticitas: Caesarius of Arles to Gregory of Tours. 7. Bishops, City, and Desert: East Rome. 8. Regimen animarum: Gregory the Great. Part III: The End of Ancient Christianity: AD 600-750. 9. Powerhouses of Prayer: Monasticism in Western Europe. 10. The Making of a Sapiens: Religion and Culture in Continental Europe. and in Ireland. 11. Medicamenta paenitentiae: Columbanus. 12. Christianity in Asia and the Rise of Islam. 13. "The Changing of the Kingdoms": Christians under Islam. 14. Christianities of the North: Ireland. 15. Christianities of the North: The Saxons of Britain. 16. Micro-Christendoms. Part IV: New Christendoms: AD 750-1000. 17. The Crisis of the Image: The Byzantine Iconoclast Controversy. 18. Closing the Frontier: Frisia and Germany. 19. "To Rule the Christian People": Charlemagne. 17. In gear gagum: "In Days of Yore": Northern Christendom and its Past. Notes. Coordinated Chronological Tables. Bibliography: Primary Sources; Secondary Sources. Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.11.2002 |
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Reihe/Serie | Making of Europe |
Zusatzinfo | 10 |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 800 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-631-22138-7 / 0631221387 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-631-22138-8 / 9780631221388 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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