Tomas Carragain, Sam Turner, "Making Christian Landscapes in Atlantic Europe: Conversion and Consolidation in the Early Middle Ages"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1782052003 | PDF | pages: 654 | 111.0 mb
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. While Christianity represented a more or less common set of beliefs and ideas, early medieval societies were characterized 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.