The Formation of Christendom

Herrin, Judith

ISBN 10: 0691008310 / ISBN 13: 9780691008318

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1989

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Inhaltsangabe:

<p><b>A groundbreaking history of how the Christian “West” emerged from the ancient Mediterranean world</b><br><br>In this acclaimed history of Early Christendom, Judith Herrin shows how—from the sack of Rome in 410 to the coronation of Charlemagne in 800—the Christian “West” grew out of an ancient Mediterranean world divided between the Roman west, the Byzantine east, and the Muslim south. Demonstrating that religion was the period’s defining force, she reveals how the clash over graven images, banned by Islam, both provoked iconoclasm in Constantinople and generated a distinct western commitment to Christian pictorial narrative. In a new preface, Herrin discusses the book’s origins, reception, and influence.</p>

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: <b>Judith Herrin</b> is professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at King’s College London. Her books include <i>Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe</i>;<i> Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire</i>; <i>Margins and Metropolis: Authority across the Byzantine Empire</i>; and <i>Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium</i> (all Princeton).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Formation of Christendom
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good
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