The rise of Western Christendom : triumph and diversity, A.D. 200-1000 / Peter Brown.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Making of EuropePublication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013.Edition: 10th anniversary rev. edDescription: xlvii, 19 leaves of plates, 661 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781118301265 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1118301269 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR 162.3 .B76 2013
Contents:
"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 -- Reverentia, rusticitas: Caesarius of Arles to Gregory of Tours -- Bishops, City, and Desert: East Rome -- Regimen animarum: Gregory the Great -- Powerhouses of Prayer: Monasticism in Western Europe -- The Making of 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 -- 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [578]-631) and index.

"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 -- Reverentia, rusticitas: Caesarius of Arles to Gregory of Tours -- Bishops, City, and Desert: East Rome -- Regimen animarum: Gregory the Great -- Powerhouses of Prayer: Monasticism in Western Europe -- The Making of 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 -- 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.

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