TY - BOOK AU - Halverson, James L AU - Halverson,James L TI - Contesting Christendom: Readings in Medieval Religion and Culture SN - 9780742554726 U1 - C30 PY - 2008/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. KW - Christianity KW - Church History KW - Civilization N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. The Extent of Christianization in the Early middle ages ......13 Background to augustine`s Mission to Anglo-Saxon England ......19 Some Historical Re-identification and the christianization of Kent ......27 The barbarian Conversion from paganism to Christianity ........35 Forgetful of Their Sex: Female sancity and society, ................45 Popular religion in Late saxon England: ELf Charms in Context.......57 The rise of Western christendom ............67 2. The Development of Christendom ..............85 The knight , the Lade, and the priest : The Making of modern marriage in Medieval France .......91 Knightly piety and the lay response to the first crusade .......99 Sword, mitre, and cloister : Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198......105 Under crescent and cross: The jews in the Middle ages ........111 Women`s Role in Latin letters from the fourth to the early twelfth centuries .............121 3. The Apostolic Life .........131 Religious movement in the Middle ages ............137 Religious poverty and the Profit economy in Medieval Europe .........147 Holy anorexia .......155 Women mystics and Eucharistic devotion in the Thirteenth century .......163 The devil`s World : Heresy and society ,1100-1300..............171 4. Popular religion in the Late Middle ages ............181 Religious life in Germany on the Eve of the Reformation ...........189 The stripping of the Altars: Traditional religion on England, Ca. 1400-1580............199 Religion and the Decline of Magic ............207 Women in the late medieval English parish ..............219 The magnificent Ride : The first reformation in Hussite bohemia ........227 ER -