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This substantial and comprehensive overview of the emergence of Christian Europe has been largely rewritten and expanded since its first publication in 1996. Brown's synthesis asks the student reader to re-evaluate his view of the political and cultural make-up of Europe between 200 and 1000 AD. It also stresses the need to recognise the influence of Mediterranean and Byzantine cultures on Europe's evolution. Chronological sections examine the aftermath of the Roman empire and the mix of Christianity and barbarism; divergent forms of theology and emphasis in the city and in the desert; monasticism; the differences and similiarities between the Christianity of Continental Europe and Ireland; Christianity in Asia and the rise of Islam; Britain; Byzantine iconoclasm and the new Carolingian Christian empire. Includes an extensive bibliography.