Christianity and Paganism, 350-750: The Conversion of Western Europe

"Using sermons, exorcisms, letters, biographies of the saints, inscriptions, autobiographical and legal documents — some of which are translated nowhere else — Hillgarth shows how the Christian Church went about the formidable task of converting Western Europe. He has given preference to writings which were aimed at a concrete and identifiable audience — a recently converted king or barely converted peasants — and which directly reflect the aspirations of the clergy and monks who were forming the new ideals of Christian Europe." — back cover

This is a revised and enlarged edition of The Conversion of Western Europe, 350-750.

• Author
• J.N. Hillgarth

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 232

• Publisher
• University of Pennsylvania Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780812212136

• Genres
• history, paganism, christianity, religion

• Release date
• 1985