Religion and the Rise of Western Culture: The Classic Study of Medieval Civilization - Softcover

Dawson, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385421109 ISBN 13: 9780385421102

Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group, 1991

Synopsis

In this new edition of his classic work, Religion and the Rise of Western Culture, Christopher Dawson addresses two of the most pressing subjects of our day: the origin of Europe and the religious roots of Western culture. With the magisterial sweep of Toynbee, to whom he is often compared, Dawson tells here the tale of medieval Christendom. From the brave travels of sixth-century Irish monks to the grand synthesis of Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century, Dawson brilliantly shows how vast spiritual movements arose from tiny origins and changed the face of medieval Europe from one century to the next. The legacy of those years of ferment remains with us in the great cathedrals, Gregorian chant, and the works of Giotto and Dante. Even more, though, for Dawson these centuries charged the soul of the West with a spiritual concern -- a concern that he insists "can never be entirely undone except by the total negation or destruction of Western man himself."

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From the Publisher:

An essential work of European history, this classic study sweeps from the fall of Rome to the dawn of the Renaissance as it shows how Christianity, its leaders, and its institutions changed the face of Western culture.

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work of European history, this classic study sweeps from the fall of Rome to the dawn of the Renaissance as it shows how Christianity, its leaders, and its institutions changed the face of Western culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0385421109
• ISBN 13: 9780385421102
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240