{"product_id":"the-rise-of-western-christendom-isbn-9781118301265","title":"The Rise of Western Christendom","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eClear and vivid history of Christianity's rise and its pivotal role in the making of Europe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by the celebrated Princeton scholar who originated of the field of study known as 'late antiquity'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a fully updated bibliography and index\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Tenth Anniversary Revised Edition xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition xlviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Empire and Aftermath: A.D. 200–500 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 “The Laws of Countries”: Prologue and Overview 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Christianity and Empire 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 \u003ci\u003eTempora Christiana:\u003c\/i\u003e Christian Times 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 \u003ci\u003eVirtutes sanctorum . . . strages gentium:\u003c\/i\u003e “Deeds of Saints . . . Slaughter of Nations” 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 On the Frontiers: Noricum, Ireland, and Francia 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Divergent Legacies: A.D. 500–600 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 \u003ci\u003eReverentia, rusticitas:\u003c\/i\u003e Caesarius of Arles to Gregory of Tours 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Bishops, City, and Desert: East Rome 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 \u003ci\u003eRegimen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eanimarum:\u003c\/i\u003e Gregory the Great 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The End of Ancient Christianity: A.D. 600–750 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Powerhouses of Prayer: Monasticism in Western Europe 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Making of a \u003ci\u003eSapiens:\u003c\/i\u003e Religion and Culture in Continental Europe and in Ireland 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 \u003ci\u003eMedicamenta paenitentiae:\u003c\/i\u003e Columbanus 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Christianity in Asia and the Rise of Islam 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 “The Changing of the Kingdoms”: Christians under Islam 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Christianities of the North: Ireland 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Christianities of the North: The Saxons of Britain 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Micro-Christendoms 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV New Christendoms: A.D. 750–1000 381\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Crisis of the Image: The Byzantine Iconoclast Controversy 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Closing of the Frontier: Frisia and Germany 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 “To Rule the Christian People”: Charlemagne 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 \u003ci\u003eIn geār dagum\u003c\/i\u003e, “In Days of Yore”: Northern Christendom and its Past 464\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 490\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoordinated Chronological Tables 573\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 578\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrimary Sources 578\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary Sources 589\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 632 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eSumming Up. Highly recommended\u003c\/b\u003e. Especially libraries that lack the \u003ci\u003esecond edition\u003c\/i\u003e; lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 September 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of History at Princeton University. He is a celebrated scholar and author of numerous seminal historical works, which include \u003ci\u003eAugustine of Hippo\u003c\/i\u003e (1967, 2000), \u003ci\u003eThe World of Late Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eThe Cult of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eThe Body and Society\u003c\/i\u003e (1988),\u003ci\u003e Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eAuthority\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianization of the Roman World\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003ePoverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eThrough the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe publication of this revised edition of a masterwork by Princeton University's celebrated scholar of late antiquity marks the book's tenth anniversary. A central volume in the Wiley-Blackwell series \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, the book has undergone a thorough redesign and includes a new preface covering academic developments in the last ten years, revised common opinions, a fully updated bibliography, and additional color images. As a superbly realized account of the compelling history of Christianity's evolution in its tumultuous first millennium, it is the essential general survey of the subject. Brown charts the rise to prominence of a religion that began as an obscure sect in Roman Judaea and developed into Europe's dominant religious – and political – institution. Christianity played a pivotal role in the making of Europe, as well as the delineation of its boundaries: the political gulf between Europe and its eastern neighbors was also a religious divide. This volume offers students of religious history unmatched depth of analysis by the leading academic authority on the period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book remains a classic, easily the most fascinating introduction to the field for anyone new to it, and also capable of forcing experts into taking on new ideas; a summation of Peter Brown's mould-breaking work.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChris Wickham, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Interpretations of late antiquity and of western Christendom have changed dramatically in the last decade. This anniversary edition explains the changes with Peter Brown's characteristic brilliance and range of learning.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eGillian Clark, University of Bristol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990331703525,"sku":"NP9781118301265","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118301265.jpg?v=1761787388","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-rise-of-western-christendom-isbn-9781118301265","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}