A welcome addition to the translated resources for early medieval history. Church History Using sermons, exorcisms,
letters, biographies of the saints, inscriptions, autobiographical and legal documents--some of which are translated
nowhere else--J. N. Hillgarth shows how the Christian church went about the formidable task of converting western
Europe. The book covers such topics as the relationship between the Church and the Roman state, Christian attitudes
toward the barbarians, and the missions to northern Europe. It documents as well the cult of relics in popular
Christianity and the emergence of consciously Christian monarchies.