The Formation of Christendom
The Formation of Christendom

Author: Judith Herrin

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-10-19

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 0691219214

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"A groundbreaking history of how the Christian "West" emerged from the ancient Mediterranean world"--

The Formation of Christendom
The Formation of Christendom

Author: Judith Herrin

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-10-19

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 0691220778

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A groundbreaking history of how the Christian “West” emerged from the ancient Mediterranean world In this acclaimed history of Early Christendom, Judith Herrin shows how—from the sack of Rome in 410 to the coronation of Charlemagne in 800—the Christian “West” grew out of an ancient Mediterranean world divided between the Roman west, the Byzantine east, and the Muslim south. Demonstrating that religion was the period’s defining force, she reveals how the clash over graven images, banned by Islam, both provoked iconoclasm in Constantinople and generated a distinct western commitment to Christian pictorial narrative. In a new preface, Herrin discusses the book’s origins, reception, and influence.

The Formation of Christendom
The Formation of Christendom

Author: Christopher Dawson

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1586172395

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The renowned historian Christopher Dawson devoted his long and brilliant career to precisely the kind of historical research of which theologians and churchmen stand in great need, particularly if they are to meet the authentic demands of the ecumenical e

The Rise of Western Christendom
The Rise of Western Christendom

Author: Peter Brown

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-12-18

Total Pages: 741

ISBN-13: 1118338847

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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 index