The Formation of Christian Europe: The Carolingians, Baptism, and the Imperium Christianum

by Owen M Phelan and Owen M. Phelan

The Formation of Christian Europe analyzes 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 which the Carolingian Renewal established the vision of an imperium christianum in Europe. He analyzes how baptism unified...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198718039
• ISBN13: 9780198718031
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"