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The Rise of Western Christendom
Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000
"This book remains a classic, easily the most fascinating introduction to the field for anyone new to it, and also capable of forcing experts into taking on new ideas; a summation of Peter Brown's mould-breaking work." "Interpretations of late antiquity and of western Christendom have changed dramatically in the last decade. This anniversary edition explains the changes with Peter Brown's characteristic brilliance and range of learning."
—Chris Wickham, University of Oxford
—Gillian Clark, University of Bristol
Peter Brown (Author)
9781118301265, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 11 January 2013
720 pages
22.4 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.862 kg
"Summing Up. Highly recommended. Especially libraries that lack the second edition; lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers." (Choice, 1 September 2013)
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.
List of Illustrations ix Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Revised Edition xi Preface to the Second Edition xlviii Introduction 1 Part I Empire and Aftermath: A.D. 200–500 35 1 “The Laws of Countries”: Prologue and Overview 37 2 Christianity and Empire 54 3 Tempora Christiana: Christian Times 72 4 Virtutes sanctorum . . . strages gentium: “Deeds of Saints . . . Slaughter of Nations” 93 5 On the Frontiers: Noricum, Ireland, and Francia 123 Part II Divergent Legacies: A.D. 500–600 143 6 Reverentia, rusticitas: Caesarius of Arles to Gregory of Tours 145 7 Bishops, City, and Desert: East Rome 166 8 Regimen animarum: Gregory the Great 190 Part III The End of Ancient Christianity: A.D. 600–750 217 9 Powerhouses of Prayer: Monasticism in Western Europe 219 10 The Making of a Sapiens: Religion and Culture in Continental Europe and in Ireland 232 11 Medicamenta paenitentiae: Columbanus 248 12 Christianity in Asia and the Rise of Islam 267 13 “The Changing of the Kingdoms”: Christians under Islam 295 14 Christianities of the North: Ireland 321 15 Christianities of the North: The Saxons of Britain 340 16 Micro-Christendoms 355 Part IV New Christendoms: A.D. 750–1000 381 17 The Crisis of the Image: The Byzantine Iconoclast Controversy 383 18 The Closing of the Frontier: Frisia and Germany 408 19 “To Rule the Christian People”: Charlemagne 434 20 In geār dagum, “In Days of Yore”: Northern Christendom and its Past 464 Notes 490 Coordinated Chronological Tables 573 Bibliography 578 Primary Sources 578 Secondary Sources 589 Index 632
Subject Areas: History [HB]
