The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West
At the approach of the first millennium, the Christians of Europe did not seem likely candidates for future greatness. Weak, fractured, and hemmed in by hostile nations, they saw no future beyond the widely anticipated Second Coming of Christ. But when the world did not end, the peoples of...
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At the approach of the first millennium, the Christians of Europe did not seem likely candidates for future greatness. Weak, fractured, and hemmed in by hostile nations, they saw no future beyond the widely anticipated Second Coming of Christ. But when the world did not end, the peoples of Western Europe suddenly found themselves with no choice but to begin the heroic task of building a Jerusalem on earth.In The Forge of Christendom, Tom Holland masterfully describes this remarkable new age, a time of caliphs and Viking sea kings, the spread of castles and the invention of knighthood. It was one of the most significant departure points in history: the emergence of Western Europe as a distinctive and expansionist power.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307278708 (0307278700)
Publish date: June 1st 2010
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Religion,
Christianity,
Research,
Church,
European History,
World History,
Church History
TITLE: Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom AUTHOR: Tom Holland DATE PUBLISHED: 2009 FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0349119724 _______________________ From the blurb: Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unl...