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Making Christian Landscapes in Atlantic Europe: Conversion and Consolidation in the Early Middle Ages
Tomas O Carragain
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Description for Making Christian Landscapes in Atlantic Europe: Conversion and Consolidation in the Early Middle Ages
Hardcover. Landscapes across Europe were transformed, both physically and conceptually, during the early medieval period (c AD 400-1200), and these changes were bound up with the conversion to Christianity and the development of ecclesiastical power structures. This is the first book to adopt a comparative landscape approach to this crucial subject. Editor(s): O Carragain, Tomas; Turner, Sam. Num Pages: 640 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HDDM; HRAX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 259 x 50. Weight in Grams: 2106.
Landscapes across Europe were transformed, both physically and conceptually, during the early medieval period (c AD 400-1200), and these changes were bound up with the conversion to Christianity and the development of ecclesiastical power structures. Whilst Christianity represented a more or less common set of beliefs and ideas, early medieval societies were characterised by vibrant diversity: much can potentially be learned about these societies by comparing and contrasting how they adapted Christianity to suit local circumstances. This is the first book to adopt a comparative landscape approach to this crucial subject. It considers the imprint of early medieval Christianity on ... Read more
Landscapes across Europe were transformed, both physically and conceptually, during the early medieval period (c AD 400-1200), and these changes were bound up with the conversion to Christianity and the development of ecclesiastical power structures. Whilst Christianity represented a more or less common set of beliefs and ideas, early medieval societies were characterised by vibrant diversity: much can potentially be learned about these societies by comparing and contrasting how they adapted Christianity to suit local circumstances. This is the first book to adopt a comparative landscape approach to this crucial subject. It considers the imprint of early medieval Christianity on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781782052005
SKU
V9781782052005
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99-93
About Tomas O Carragain
Tomas O Carragain lectures in the Archaeology Department, University College Cork. He is the author of Inishmurray: Monks and Pilgrims in an Atlantic Landscape (2008) and Churches in Early Medieval Ireland: Architecture, Ritual and Memory (2010)Sam Turner lecturers in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University. He is the author of Making a Christian Landscape (2006); Medieval Devon ... Read more
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