The Rise of Christian Europe
Author: H. R. Trevor-Roper
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 1988-12-01
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780393958027
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Author: H. R. Trevor-Roper
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 1988-12-01
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780393958027
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: G. R. Evans
Publisher: Lion Hudson Ltd
Published: 2018-11-23
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1912552108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow did Christianity come to have such an extraordinary influence upon Europe? Beginning with the transmission of Jesus - teaching throughout the Roman world, Gillian Evans shows how Christianity transformed not only the thinking but also the structures of society, in a Christendom that was, until relatively modern times, essentially a "European" phenomenon. She traces Christianity's influence across the centuries, from its earliest days, through the East/West schism, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, to its development in the scientific age of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and its place in the modern world. The History of Christian Europe will appeal to scholars of religion and history who are seeking a fuller understanding of how Christianity helped shape and define Europe and, consequently, the wider world.
Author: Owen Michael Phelan
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0198718039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Formation of Christian Europe analyzes the Carolingians' efforts to form a Christian Empire with the organizing principle of the sacrament of baptism. Owen M. Phelan argues that baptism provided the foundation for this society, and offered a medium for the communication and the popularization of beliefs and ideas, through which the Carolingian Renewal established the vision of an imperium christianum in Europe. He analyzes how baptism unified people theologically, socially, and politically and helped Carolingian leaders order their approaches to public life. It enabled reformers to think in ways which were ideologically consistent, publicly available, and socially useful. Phelan also examines the influential court intellectual, Alcuin of York, who worked to implement a sacramental society through baptism. The book finally looks at the dissolution of Carolingian political aspirations for an imperium christianum and how, by the end of the ninth century, political frustrations concealed the deeper achievement of the Carolingian Renewal.
Author: Hugh Trevor-Roper
Publisher:
Published: 1965
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stathis N. Kalyvas
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2018-09-05
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1501731416
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough dominant in West European politics for more than a century, Christian Democratic parties remain largely unexplored and little understood. An investigation of how political identities and parties form, this book considers the origins of Christian Democratic "confessional" parties within the political context of Western Europe. Examining five countries where a successful confessional party emerged (Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, and Italy) and one where it did not (France), Stathis N. Kalyvas addresses perplexing questions raised by the Christian Democratic phenomenon. How can we reconcile the religious roots of these parties with their tremendous success and resilience in secular and democratic Western Europe? Why have these parties discarded their initial principles and objectives to become secular forces governing secular societies? The author's answers reveal the way in which social and political actors make decisions based on self-interest under conditions that constrain their choices and the information they rely on—often with unintended but irrevocable consequences.Kalyvas also lays a foundation for a theory of the Christian Democratic phenomenon which would specify the conditions under which confessional parties succeed and would determine the impact of such parties, and the way they are formed, on politics and society. Drawing from political science, sociology, and history, his analysis goes beyond Christian Democracy to address issues related to the methodology of political science, the theory of party formation, the political development of Europe, the relationship between religion and politics, the construction of collective political identities, and the role of agency and contingency in politics.
Author: Enzo Bellini
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780030568275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBook four, The Formation of Christian Europe, tells the story of the Christian community-its life and growth-from 600 to 900. In this time of disorder and conflict, the Church undertook to civilize and convert the barbarian tribes who lived in western Europe. The stories of whole nations, such as the Lombards in Italy and the Franks under Charlemagne, intertwined with the stories of individuals, including Boniface of Germany and Augustine of England. Readers learn how the Church gradually overcame obstacles and brought a new civilization into being-a civilization in which people could live and spread the Gospel of Christ.
Author: Peter Brown
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-12-18
Total Pages: 741
ISBN-13: 1118338847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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
Author: Ildar H. Garipzanov
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9782503533674
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents the first comprehensive overview of the major early historical narratives created in Northern, East-Central, and Eastern Europe between c. 1070 and c. 1200, with each chapter providing a short introduction to the narrative in question. Most chapters are written by established experts in their fields, who have published critical editions of the discussed narratives, their English translations, or analytical works dealing with early history writing in corresponding regions. However, the volume is more than just a summary of various narratives. Despite being written in such different languages as Latin, Old Norse, and Old Church Slavonic, these narratives played similar roles for their reading audiences, in that they were crucial in the construction of Christian identity in the lands recently converted to Christianity. The thirteen authors contemplate the extent to which this identity formation affected the nature of narrativity in these early historical works. The authors ask how the pagan past and Christian present were incorporated in the texture of the narratives, and address the relative importance of classical and biblical models for their composition and structure. By addressing such questions, the volume offers medievalists a coherent comparative study of early history writing in the peripheral regions of medieval Europe in the first centuries after conversion.
Author: Miri Rubin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-07-31
Total Pages: 1004
ISBN-13: 1316175693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the early middle ages, Europe developed complex and varied Christian cultures, and from about 1100 secular rulers, competing factions and inspired individuals continued to engender a diverse and ever-changing mix within Christian society. This volume explores the wide range of institutions, practices and experiences associated with the life of European Christians in the later middle ages. The clergy of this period initiated new approaches to the role of priests, bishops and popes, and developed an ambitious project to instruct the laity. For lay people, the practices of parish religion were central, but many sought additional ways to enrich their lives as Christians. Impulses towards reform and renewal periodically swept across Europe, led by charismatic preachers and supported by secular rulers. This book provides accessible accounts of these complex historical processes and entices the reader towards further enquiry.
Author: Christopher Dawson
Publisher: CUA Press
Published: 1998-09
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of Dawson's thinking on questions that remain of contemporary importance