TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Peter TI - The rise of Western Christendom: triumph and diversity, A.D. 200-1000 T2 - The making of Europe SN - 9781118301265 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BR 162.3 .B76 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, Malden, MA PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - Middle Ages KW - fast KW - Primitive and early church N1 - 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 ER -