Missionary Life - Saints and the Evangelisation of Europe 400-1050

Informationen zum Autor Ian Wood Klappentext Missionaries were not only the agents of change, but also some of Europe's first historians. This uniquely wide-ranging account tells the history of the christianisation of Western Europe through investigation of the lives of the missionaries. Unravelling unreliable and partial sources, Ian Wood produces a compelling survey of European evangelisation, and brings a remote age to life. Zusammenfassung Missionaries were not only the agents of change, but also some of Europe's first historians. This uniquely wide-ranging account tells the history of the christianisation of Western Europe through investigation of the lives of the missionaries. Unravelling unreliable and partial sources, Ian Wood produces a compelling survey of European evangelisation, and brings a remote age to life. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. INTRODUCTORY. 1. The Chritianization of Europe, 400 - 1000. 2. From Patrick to Bede. II. THE ANGLO-SAXONS AND THEIR LEGACY. 3. Boniface, Mainz and Fulda. 4. Alcunin and Echternach. 5. Utrecht and Münster. 6. Hamburg and Bremen. III. BAVARIANS, SLAVS AND SAXONS. 7. Salzburg and Freising in the Eight Century. 8. Ninth-Century Salzburg. 9. The Latin Legends of Wenceslas. 10. Adalbert of Prague. 11. Bruno of Querfurt. IV. CONCLUSION. The Missionary, The 'Familiar' and the 'Other'.

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• Autori: Wood, Ian Wood, Ian (University of Liverpool UK) Wood, Professor Ian (Keele University) Wood, Professor of Early Medieval History Ian (University of Liverpool UK) Wood
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.07.2016
• EAN: 9781138148123
• ISBN: 978-1-138-14812-3
• Pagine: 324
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia