The rise of Western Christendom : triumph and diversity, AD 200-1000 /
Brown, Peter,1935-
Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell,
1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-350) and index.
"The laws of countries" -- 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 -- Medicamenta Paenitentiae: Columbanus -- Christianity in Asia -- "The changing of the kingdoms:" Christians under Islam -- Christianities of the North: Ireland and Saxon Britain -- Micro-Christendoms -- The crisis of the image: The Byzantine iconoclast controversy -- Closing the frontier: Frisia and Germany -- "To rule the Christian people:" Charlemagne -- In Gear Dagum: "In days of yore" - Northern Christendom and its past.
Church history
Church history