The first thousand years: a global history of Christianity
"A narrative account of the history of Christianity from its beginning to the end of the first millennium. The principal theme is the slow drama of the building of a Christian civilization. A major theme is the mission of Christians among different peoples in many regions of the ancient world:...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven [u.a.]
Yale University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | The first thousand years. A global history of Christianity. By Robert Louis Wilken. Pp. x+388 incl. 6 maps+16 colour plates. New Haven–London: Yale University Press, 2012. £25. 978 0 300 11884 1 (2014) (Louth, Andrew, 1944 -)
The First Thousand Years. A Global History of Christianity (2014) (Ritter, Adolf Martin, 1933 -) |
| Further subjects: | B
Church History Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 |
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| Summary: | "A narrative account of the history of Christianity from its beginning to the end of the first millennium. The principal theme is the slow drama of the building of a Christian civilization. A major theme is the mission of Christians among different peoples in many regions of the ancient world: Ethiopia, Nubia, Armenia, Georgia, Persia, central Asia, India, China as well as among the Germanic peoples of northern Europe and the Slavic peoples in the Balkans and Russia. The rise and spread of Islam is integral to the story"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0300118848 |