Soldiers of Christ: Saints and Saints' Lives from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

by R Hoare, Thomas F.X. Noble, Thomas Head

Book Overview

Soldiers of Christ brings together for the first time in one volume eleven critical writings about the saints from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.

To understand European culture and society in the Middle Ages it is essential to understand the role of Christianity. And there is no better way to understand that role than to study that religion's greatest human heroes, the saints. For if Christians regarded God as their king,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271013451
• ISBN13: 9780271013459
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"