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Tables of Contents for The Rise of Western Christendom
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Maps
ix
Preface
x
Introduction
1
34
Part I: Empire and Aftermath: A.D. 200--500
35
108
``The Laws of Countries'': Prologue and Overview
37
17
Christianity and Empire
54
18
Tempora Christiana: Christian Times
72
21
Virtutes sanctorum . . . strages gentium: ``Deeds of Saints . . . Slaughter of Nations''
93
30
On the Frontiers: Noricum, Ireland, and Francia
123
20
Part II: Divergent Legacies: A.D. 500--600
143
74
Reverentia, rusticitas: Caesarius of Arles to Gregory of Tours
145
21
Bishops, City, and Desert: East Rome
166
24
Regimen animarum: Gregory the Great
190
27
Part III: The End of Ancient Christianity: A.D. 600--750
217
164
Powerhouses of Prayer: Monasticism in Western Europe
219
13
The Making of a Sapiens: Religion and Culture in Continental Europe and in Ireland
232
16
Medicamenta paenitentiae: Columbanus
248
19
Christianity in Asia and the Rise of Islam
267
28
``The Changing of the Kingdoms'': Christians under Islam
295
26
Christianities of the North: Ireland
321
19
Christianities of the North: The Saxons of Britain
340
15
Micro-Christendoms
355
26
Part IV: New Christendoms: A.D. 750--1000
381
108
The Crisis of the Image: The Byzantine Iconoclast Controversy
383
25
The Closing of the Frontier: Frisia and Germany
408
26
``To Rule the Christian People'': Charlemagne
434
29
In gear dagum, ``In Days of Yore'': Northern Christendom and its Past
463
26
Notes
489
60
Coordinated Chronological Tables
549
5
Bibliography
554
45
Primary Sources
554
10
Secondary Sources
564
35
Index
599