The Formation of Christendom by Judith Herrin (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Formation of Christendom by Judith Herrin A groundbreaking history of how the Christian West emerged from the ancient Mediterranean world.In this acclaimed history of Early Christendom, Judith Herrin shows how - from the sack of Rome in 410 to the coronation of Charlemagne in 800 - the Christian West grew out of an ancient Mediterranean world divided between the Roman west, the Byzantine east, and the Muslim south. Demonstrating that religion was the periods defining force, she reveals how the clash over graven images, banned by Islam, both provoked iconoclasm in Constantinople and generated a distinct western commitment to Christian pictorial narrative. In a new preface, Herrin discusses the books origins, reception, and influence.A serious and powerful book...A grand synthesis on a scale few people would dare now to attempt, ranging across diverse societies with considerable assurance. - Christopher J. Wickham, International History ReviewA brilliant overview of how the legacy of the Roman empire continued to shape the Mediterranean world. - Rowan Williams, New HumanistIt will no longer be possible to hop from pagan antiquity to Carolingian Europe as if nothing had happened in between. Judith Herrin has laid her sheet of paper over the map of that dark age and rubbed and rubbed until the rich web of connections and cracks has shown through. - Marina Warner, The IndependentAn ambitious, learned, lucid, and instructive book. - Alexander Murray, Times Literary Supplement FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Judith Herrin is professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at Kings College London. Her books include Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe; Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire; Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium; Margins and Metropolis: Authority across the Byzantine Empire; and Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium (all Princeton). She lives in Oxford, England. Review "A brilliant overview of how the legacy of the Roman empire continued to shape the Mediterranean world."---Rowan Williams, New Humanist"Herrins Christendom is an obvious candidate for the Princeton Classics series. Here one can savour the clarity and originality of her account of such dauntingly named theological upheavals as the Monothelite controversy (over the psychology of Christs divinity versus his humanity) of the seventh century, or the struggles over the use of icons in Christian worship that came close to ripping the Byzantine empire apart in the eighth and ninth."---Diarmaid MacCulloch, Times Literary Supplement "It will no longer be possible to hop from pagan antiquity to Carolingian Europe as if nothing had happened in between. Judith Herrin has laid her sheet of paper over the map of that dark age and rubbed and rubbed until the rich web of connections and cracks has shown through."---Marina Warner, The Independent"An ambitious, learned, lucid, and instructive book."---Alexander Murray, Times Literary Supplement"Herrins scholarship is unerring, her scope is wide and her style fluent. . . . The treatment of the so-called iconoclastic controversy, the dispute over the veneration of images in Christian worship which convulsed the Byzantine world in the eighth century, is sparkling. . . . Debate about where modern Europe came from . . . will be enriched by this civilized and accomplished book." * The Economist *"Herrin follows some magnificent themes with the lucid dispassion of a good detective."---Thomas DEvelyn, Christian Science Monitor"It is [the] binding together of distant past and immediate present which makes Judith Herrins scholarship so exciting: she can convince the reader that the roots of Western distinctiveness really do lead all the way to forgotten episcopal meetings in small towns in Asia Minor in the fourth century."---Michael Ignatieff, The Observer"A learned, challenging, and gracefully written interpretation of the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages."---Robert L. Wilken, Commonweal"A serious and powerful book. . . . A grand synthesis on a scale few people would dare now to attempt, ranging across diverse societies with considerable assurance."---Christopher J. Wickham, International History Review Long Description A groundbreaking history of how the Christian West emerged from the ancient Mediterranean world. In this acclaimed history of Early Christendom, Judith Herrin shows how -- from the sack of Rome in 410 to the coronation of Charlemagne in 800 -- the Christian West grew out of an ancient Mediterranean world divided between the Roman west, the Byzantine east, and the Muslim south. Demonstrating that religion was the periods defining force, she reveals how the clash over graven images, banned by Islam, both provoked iconoclasm in Constantinople and generated a distinct western commitment to Christian pictorial narrative. In a new preface, Herrin discusses the books origins, reception, and influence. A serious and powerful book...A grand synthesis on a scale few people would dare now to attempt, ranging across diverse societies with considerable assurance. -- Christopher J. Wickham, International History Review A brilliant overview of how the legacy of the Roman empire continued to shape the Mediterranean world. -- Rowan Williams, New Humanist It will no longer be possible to hop from pagan antiquity to Carolingian Europe as if nothing had happened in between. Judith Herrin has laid her sheet of paper over the map of that dark age and rubbed and rubbed until the rich web of connections and cracks has shown through. -- Marina Warner, The Independent An ambitious, learned, lucid, and instructive book. -- Alexander Murray, Times Literary Supplement Review Quote "This is a serious and powerful book....a grand synthesis on a scale few people would dare now to attempt, ranging across diverse societies with considerable assurance." ---Christopher J. Wickham, The International History Review Details ISBN0691219214 Author Judith Herrin Pages 568 Publisher Princeton University Press Series Princeton Classics Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0691219214 ISBN-13 9780691219219 Format Paperback Series Number 120 Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Illustrations 3 maps. 16 b/w illus. NZ Release Date 2021-10-19 US Release Date 2021-10-19 Publication Date 2021-10-19 UK Release Date 2021-10-19 Edition Description New edition DEWEY 270.2 Audience General AU Release Date 2022-01-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138319873;

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