The formation of Christian Europe: the Carolingians, baptism, and the Imperium christianum

Analyses the Carolingians' efforts to form a Christian Empire with the organizing principle of the sacrament of baptism. Owen M. Phelan argues that baptism provided the foundation for this society, and offered a medium for the communication and the popularization of beliefs and ideas, through w...

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Main Author: Phelan, Owen M. (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Notre Dame (Degree granting institution)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2014
In:Year: 2014
Edition:1. ed., impr. 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Carolingian renaissance / Alcuin 735-804 / Baptism / Rule / Political reform
B Alcuin 735-804 / Rule / Carolingian renaissance / Political reform / Baptism
Further subjects:B Europe Church history 600-1500
B Church History Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Carolingians
B Thesis
B Baptism History Middle Ages, 600-1500
B France History To 987
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