Christianity and Paganism, 350-750: The Conversion of Western Europe

Christianity and Paganism, 350-750: The Conversion of Western Europe
ISBN-10
0812212134
ISBN-13
9780812212136
Category
History
Pages
213
Language
English
Published
1986
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Author
J. N. Hillgarth

Description

Using sermons, exorcisms, letters, biographies of the saints, inscriptions, autobiographical and legal documents—some of which are translated nowhere else—J. N. Hillgarth shows how the Christian church went about the formidable task of converting western Europe. The book covers such topics as the relationship between the Church and the Roman state, Christian attitudes toward the barbarians, and the missions to northern Europe. It documents as well the cult of relics in popular Christianity and the emergence of consciously Christian monarchies.

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