The first thousand years : a global history of Christianity /

"A narrative account of the history of Christianity from its beginning to the end of the first millennium. The principal theme is the slow drama of the building of a Christian civilization. A major theme is the mission of Christians among different peoples in many regions of the ancient world:...

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Main Author: Wilken, Robert Louis, 1936- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:"A narrative account of the history of Christianity from its beginning to the end of the first millennium. The principal theme is the slow drama of the building of a Christian civilization. A major theme is the mission of Christians among different peoples in many regions of the ancient world: Ethiopia, Nubia, Armenia, Georgia, Persia, central Asia, India, China as well as among the Germanic peoples of northern Europe and the Slavic peoples in the Balkans and Russia. The rise and spread of Islam is integral to the story"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 182 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations, photographs
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300188981
0300188986
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.