The history of the medieval world : X from the conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade / Susan Wise Bauer.

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Bauer, S. Wise

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Bauer, S. Wise. History of the world ; v.2.Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 746 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cmISBN:

9780393059755 (hardcover)
0393059758 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

909.07 22

LOC classification:

D117 .B34 2010

Summary: From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T'ang Dynasty, from the birth of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled. But in the years between the fourth and the twelfth centuries, rulers had to find new justification for their power, and they turned to divine truth or grace to justify political and military action--right thus replaces might as the engine of empire. Not just Christianity and Islam but the religions of the Persians and the Germans, and even Buddhism, are pressed into the service of the state. This phenomenon--stretching from the Americas all the way to Japan--changes religion, but it also changes the state.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Pathways	NF 909 BAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		i0000000023002
Books	Pathways	NF 909 BAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		i0000000057463

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T'ang Dynasty, from the birth of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled. But in the years between the fourth and the twelfth centuries, rulers had to find new justification for their power, and they turned to divine truth or grace to justify political and military action--right thus replaces might as the engine of empire. Not just Christianity and Islam but the religions of the Persians and the Germans, and even Buddhism, are pressed into the service of the state. This phenomenon--stretching from the Americas all the way to Japan--changes religion, but it also changes the state.

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