The Formation Of Christendom
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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At the crossroads of antiquity and the medieval world, The Formation of Christendom by Judith Herrin chronicles the extraordinary rise of a civilization that would come to define Western culture for over a millennium. Herrin presents a sweeping narrative that traces how a persecuted religious movement transformed into the dominant spiritual and political force of Europe, spanning the fall of the Roman Empire to the early medieval period. With precision and intellectual authority, she details the theological disputes, imperial ambitions, and cultural exchanges — between East and West, pagan and Christian — that forged the identity of the medieval world. Herrin's scholarship is distinguished by her remarkable ability to synthesize centuries of complex history into a cohesive and compelling argument, drawing on Byzantine, Latin, and Islamic sources to illustrate how Christendom was not an inevitable triumph but a dynamic, contested, and often fragile construction. Her prose is rigorous yet accessible, inviting both the specialist and the general reader into a world of councils, crusades, and competing creeds. The Formation of Christendom stands as a landmark work in medieval and religious history — one that compels us to ask how the world we inherited was not simply discovered, but painstakingly built.
Author: Judith Herrin
Format: Paperback
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of antiquity and the medieval world, The Formation of Christendom by Judith Herrin chronicles the extraordinary rise of a civilization that would come to define Western culture for over a millennium. Herrin presents a sweeping narrative that traces how a persecuted religious movement transformed into the dominant spiritual and political force of Europe, spanning the fall of the Roman Empire to the early medieval period. With precision and intellectual authority, she details the theological disputes, imperial ambitions, and cultural exchanges — between East and West, pagan and Christian — that forged the identity of the medieval world. Herrin's scholarship is distinguished by her remarkable ability to synthesize centuries of complex history into a cohesive and compelling argument, drawing on Byzantine, Latin, and Islamic sources to illustrate how Christendom was not an inevitable triumph but a dynamic, contested, and often fragile construction. Her prose is rigorous yet accessible, inviting both the specialist and the general reader into a world of councils, crusades, and competing creeds. The Formation of Christendom stands as a landmark work in medieval and religious history — one that compels us to ask how the world we inherited was not simply discovered, but painstakingly built.