Order and Exclusion: Cluny and Christendom Face Heresy, Judaism, and Islam (1000-1150)

by Dominique Iogna-Prat

Order and Exclusion is a rare and magnificent book of medieval history with clear relevance to today's headlines. Through the lens of the polemics of Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, Dominique Iogna-Prat examines the process by which christianity transformed itself into Christendom, a powerful spiritual, social, and political system with pretensions to universality. Iogna-Prat's close examination of a set of writings central to the history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801437083
• ISBN13: 9780801437083
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher