Preface to the Revised Anniversary Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
PART I EMPIRE AND AFTERMATH: A.D. 200-500
1 "The Laws of Countries": Prologue and Overview
2 Christianity and Empire
3 Tempora Christiana : Christian Times
4 Virtutes sanctorum... strages gentium : "Deeds of Saints... Slaughter of Nations"
5 On the Frontiers: Noricum, Ireland, and Francia
PART II DIVERGENT LEGACIES: A.D. 500-600
6 Reverentia, rusticitas : Caesarius of Arles to Gregory of Tours
7 Bishops, City, and Desert: East Rome
8 Regimen animarum : Gregory the Great
PART III THE END OF ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY: A.D. 600-750
9 Powerhouses of Prayer: Monasticism in Western Europe
10 The Making of a Sapiens : Religion and Culture in Continental Europe and in Ireland
11 Medicamenta paenitentiae : Columbanus
12 Christianity in Asia and the Rise of Islam
13 "The Changing of the Kingdoms": Christians under Islam
14 Christianities of the North: Ireland
15 Christianities of the North: The Saxons of Britain
16 Micro-Christendoms
PART IV NEW CHRISTENDOMS: A.D. 750-1000
17 The Crisis of the Image: The Byzantine Iconoclast Controversy
18 The Closing of the Frontier: Frisia and Germany
19 "To Rule the Christian People": Charlemagne
20 In gcar dagum , "In Days of Yore": Northern Christendom and its Past
Notes
Coordinated Chronological Tables
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index