[PDF] Christianity And Paganism 350 750 eBook

Author : J. N. Hillgarth
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 22,49 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812212136

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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.

Author : James C. Russell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 35,93 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Christian sociology
ISBN : 0195104668

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Discusses German influence on the development of early medieval Christianity.

Author : Christopher P. Jones
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 25,95 MB
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0674369513

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Who and what was pagan depended on the outlook of the observer, as Christopher Jones shows in this fresh and penetrating analysis. Treating paganism as a historical construct rather than a fixed entity, Between Christian and Pagan uncovers the fluid ideas, rituals, and beliefs that Christians and pagans shared in Late Antiquity.

Author : Robin Lane Fox
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN :

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"Religion and the religious life from the second to the fourth century A.D. when the gods of Olympus lost their dominion and Christianity, with the conversion of Constantine, triumphed in the Mediterranean world"--Jacket subtitle.

Author : Ramsay MacMullen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300080773

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The slaughter of animals for religious feasts, the tinkling of bells to ward off evil during holy rites, the custom of dancing in religious services--these and many other pagan practices persisted in the Christian church for hundreds of years after Constantine proclaimed Christianity the one official religion of Rome. In this book, Ramsay MacMullen investigates the transition from paganism to Christianity between the fourth and eighth centuries. He reassesses the triumph of Christianity, contending that it was neither tidy nor quick, and he shows that the two religious systems were both vital during an interactive period that lasted far longer than historians have previously believed. MacMullen explores the influences of paganism and Christianity upon each other. In a rich discussion of the different strengths of the two systems, he demonstrates that pagan beliefs were not eclipsed or displaced by Christianity but persisted or were transformed. The victory of the Christian church, he explains, was one not of obliteration but of widening embrace and assimilation. This fascinating book also includes new material on the Christian persecution of pagans over the centuries through methods that ranged from fines to crucifixion; the mixture of motives in conversion; the stubbornness of pagan resistance; the difficulty of satisfying the demands and expectations of new converts; and the degree of assimilation of Christianity to paganism.

Author : Ian Wood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 14,34 MB
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1317871154

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A comprehensive survey which begins with the rise of the Franks, then examines the Merovingians.

Author : Jennifer Lawler
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,21 MB
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1476601119

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Most people have heard of Lady Godiva and her horseback tax protest in the 11th century and Joan of Arc who in the 15th century fought against the English for the French gaining sainthood in 1920. Many know of Eleanor of Aquataine, 12th century Queen of France and England, and powerful manipulator and protector of kings. Some know of Hildegarde and Beatrice and Blanche and Clare. There are many famous women of the Middle Ages whose lives and leadership brought important changes to history. This encyclopedia contains several hundred entries on the culture, history and circumstances of women in the Middle Ages, from the years 500 to 1500 C.E. The geographical scope of this work is wide, with entries on women from England, France, Germany, Japan, and other nations around the world. There are entries on queens, empresses, and other women in positions of leadership as well as entries on topics such as work, marriage and family, households, employment, religion, and various other aspects of women's lives in the Middle Ages. Genealogies of queens and empresses accompany the text in an appendix.

Author : John Edwards
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 25,70 MB
Release : 2024-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1040244866

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The articles in this volume explore both individual and corporate aspects of religion in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries - Jewish, Christian and Muslim. John Edwards looks in particular at the status, experience, and attitudes of the conversos, those who had converted to Christianity to avoid expulsion from Spain, and at the activities of the Inquisition. In the second part of the book he expands his analysis to examine the social, economic, and political basis of religious conflict in the period. The primary focus of the book is on the cities of Andalucia, Cordoba above all, but its concerns extend to Castile and Aragon as well.