| Contents |
Introduction : Christendom, c. 600 / Peter Brown -- Foundations : peoples, places, and traditions -- Late Roman Christianities / Philip Rousseau -- The emergence of Byzantine Orthodoxy, 600--1095 / Andrew Louth -- Beyond empire I : Eastern Christianities from the Persian to the Turkish conquest, 604--1071 / Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev -- Beyond empire II : Christianities of the Celtic peoples, 600--1100 / Thomas M. Charles-Edwards -- Germanic Christianities, 600--1100 / Lesley Abrams -- Slav Christianities, 800--1100 / Jonathan Shepard -- Christianity in confrontation -- Christians and Jews / Bat-Sheva Albert -- The Mediterranean frontier : Christianity face to face with Islam / Hugh Kennedy -- Christians under Muslim rule / Sidney H. Griffith -- Latin and Greek Christians / Tia M. Kolbaba -- The northern frontier : Christianity face to face with paganism / Ian N. Wood -- Christianity in the social and political order -- The Christian church as an institution / Thomas F. X. Noble -- Ascetism and its institutions / Anne-Marie Helvétius and Michel Kaplan -- Law and its applications / Janet L. Nelson -- The problems of property / Rosemary Morris -- Ideas and applications of reform / Julia Barrow -- Churches in the landscape / Dominique Iogna-Prat -- Christianity as lived experience -- Birth and death / Frederick S. Paxton -- Remedies for sins / Rob Meens -- Sickness and healing / Peregrine Horden -- Gender and the body / Lynda L. Coon -- Sacrifice, gifts, and prayers in Latin Christianity / Arnold Angenendt -- Performing the liturgy / Eric Palazzo -- Christianity : books and ideas -- Visions of God / Alain Boureau -- Orthodoxy and deviance / E. Ann Matter -- Making sense of the Bible / Guy Lobrichon -- The Christian book in medieval Byzantium / Leslie Brubaker and Mary B. Cunningham -- Saints and their cults / Julia M. H. Smith -- Last things / Jane Baun -- Conclusion : Christendom, c. 1100 / John H. Van Engen. |
