The Transformation of the Roman West

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-942401-43-8
Verlag: ARC Humanities Press

Buch, Englisch, Latin, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 108 mm x 180 mm, Gewicht: 156 g

Reihe: Past Imperfect

The Church was at the heart of the political and social, as well as the religious changes that look place in the Roman West from the fourth to seventh centuries. In this concise and effective synthesis, Ian Wood considers some ways in which religion and the Church can be reintegrated into what has become a largely secular discourse, and he contends that the institutionalisation of the Church on a huge scale was a key factor in the transformation from an incipiently Christian Roman Empire to a world of thoroughly Christianised kingdoms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wood, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. The End of the West Roman Empire: From Decline and Fall to Transformation of the Roman World1. Gibbon's Secondary Causes: "The Disorders of Military Despotism" and "the Division of Monarchy"
2. Barbarism: "The Invasion and Settlements of the Barbarians of Germany and Scythia"
3. Religion and the Transformation of the Roman World
4. Religion: "The Rise, Establishment, and Sects of Christianity"
5. Religious Reaction to the Fall of Rome
6. Doctrinal Division
7. The Impact of Christianity: A Quantitative Approach
8. Clerics, Soldiers, Bureaucrats
9. Ecclesiastical Endowment
10. Beyond Gibbon and Rostovtzeff
Appendix. Clerical Ordinations
Further Reading
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Wood, Ian
Ian Wood, Emeritus Prof. (Univ. of Leeds), has authored over 200 articles on the post-Roman West and the recent monograph: The Modern Origins of the Early Middle Ages.