The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to ChristianityUniversity of California Press, 1999 - 562 ページ 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. |
目次
Who Is It For? | 1 |
The Challenge of the Countryside | 34 |
Beyond the Imperial Frontiers | 66 |
The New Constantines | 97 |
An Abundance of Distinguished Patrimonies | 130 |
The Chalice and the Horn | 160 |
the Frankish Drive to the East | 193 |
Christian Consolidation | 228 |
Scandinavians Abroad and at Home | 369 |
The Eastern Marches from Wenceslas to Nyklot | 417 |
Mission into Church | 451 |
the Baltic and Beyond | 483 |
Slouching Towards Bethlehem | 508 |
FURTHER READING | 525 |
NOTES | 535 |
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