The Barbarian Conversion

From Paganism to Christianity

By: Richard Fletcher

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Paperback | 1 November 1999

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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.

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"An absorbing account of the most important event in the history of Europe: its conversion to Christianity. . . . Fletcher is a stylist not merely in the sense that like Gibbon he is a master of the memorable sentence, but in the historian's task of weaving the particular instance into the web of a compelling narrative."--Raymond Carr, "The Spectator

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History European History Earliest Times to Present Day Ancient History to the Year 500 Classical History & Civilisation General & World History Religion & Beliefs Christianity Christian Spirituality & Religious Experience

List of Maps	p. viii
List of Plates	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Who Is It For?	p. 1
The Challenge of the Countryside	p. 34
Beyond the Imperial Frontiers	p. 66
The New Constantines	p. 97
An Abundance of Distinguished Patrimonies	p. 130
The Chalice and the Horn	p. 160
Campaigning Sceptres: the Frankish Drive to the East	p. 193
Rising by Steps: Christian Consolidation	p. 228
Rival Monotheisms	p. 285
A Certain Greek Named Methodius	p. 327
Scandinavians Abroad and at Home	p. 369
The Eastern Marches from Wenceslas to Nyklot	p. 417
Mission into Church	p. 451
The Sword Our Pope: the Baltic and Beyond	p. 483
Slouching Towards Bethlehem	p. 508
Further Reading	p. 525
Notes	p. 535
Index	p. 551
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