The barbarian conversion : from paganism to Christianity /
"An investigation of the process by which large parts of Europe accepted the Christian faith between the fourth and the fourteenth centuries and of some of the cultural consequences that flowed therefrom." In a work of splendid scholarship that reflects both a firm mastery of difficult sou...
| Основен автор: | Fletcher, R. A. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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New York :
H. Holt and Co.,
1998.
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| Издание: | 1st American ed. |
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Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Резюме: |
"An investigation of the process by which large parts of Europe accepted the Christian faith between the fourth and the fourteenth centuries and of some of the cultural consequences that flowed therefrom." In a work of splendid scholarship that reflects both a firm mastery of difficult sources and a keen intuition, one of Britain's foremost medievalists tells the story of the Christianization of Europe. It is a very large story, for conversion encompassed much more than religious belief. With it came enormous cultural change: Latin literacy and books, Roman notions of law and property, and the concept of town life, as well as new tastes in food, drink, and dress. Whether from faith or by force, from self-interest or by revelation, conversion had an immense impact that is with us even today. It is Richard Fletcher's achievement in this superb work that he makes that impact both felt and understood. - Publisher. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Originally published: Conversion of Europe. London : HarperCollins, 1997. |
| Физически характеристики: |
xiii, 562 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-550) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0805027637 (alk. paper) 9780805027631 (alk. paper) |