03093pam a2200397 a 45000010008000000030006000080050017000140080041000310100017000720200028000890400018001170430012001350500022001470820016001691000041001852400025002262450083002512500021003342600039003553000041003945000078004355040064005135050014005775050548005915200013011395200930011526500067020826500050021496510035021998560104022348560089023389060045024279420033024729990015025059520175025204019045AUA.120160126121918.0971124r19981997nyuab b 001 0 eng  a 97050170  a0805027637 (alk. paper) aDLCcDLCdDLC ae------00aBR 200b.F57 199800a274/.022211 aFletcher, R. A.q(Richard A.)92611310aConversion of Europe14aThe barbarian conversion :bfrom paganism to Christianity /cRichard Fletcher. a1st American ed. aNew York :bH. Holt and Co.,c1998 axiii, 562 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm. aOriginally published: Conversion of Europe. London : HarperCollins, 1997. aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 525-550) and index. aContents: a Who is it for? -- The challenge of the countryside -- Beyond the imperial frontiers -- The new Constantines -- An abundance of distinguished patrimonies -- The chalice and the horn -- Campaigning sceptres : the Frankish drive to the East -- Rising by steps : Christian consolidation -- Rival monotheisms -- A certain Greek named Methodius -- Scandinavians abroad and at home -- The Eastern marches from Wenceslas to Nyklot -- Mission into church -- The sword our pope : the Baltic and beyond -- Slouching towards Bethlehem -- Further reading. aSummary: a "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. 0aChurch historyyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.926114 0aChurch historyyMiddle Ages, 600-1500.926115 0aEuropexChurch history.926116423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/97050170-b.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/97050170-d.html a7bcbccorignewd1eocipf19gy-gencatlg 2lcccBOOKhBR 200i.F57 1998 c7594d7594 00102lcc40708BooksaAUA.1bAUA.1cGSd2012-10-04eDonation, Gary Councellg25.00hAUA010425oBR 200 .F57 1998pAUA010425r2012-10-04 00:00:00v25.00w2012-10-04yBOOK