{"product_id":"the-barbarian-conversion-from-paganism-to-christianity-9780805027631","title":"The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe conversion of the pagan world that began in the obscurity of the Dark Ages was in no way inevitable. England did not embrace Christianity until 627  and while confessing communities existed from Greenland to China by the millennium  the last European conversion occurred late in the Middle Ages  in 1386. How did it all happen--and why? In a work of splid scholarship that often reads like a detective story and that owes as much to keen intuition as to the mastery of difficult sources  Richard Fletcher lays out the story of the Christianization of Europe. It is a very large story  for conversion was not merely a matter of religious belief. Christianity brought with it enormous cultural baggage. With it came Latin literacy--books; Roman notions of law  property  and government--even the concept of town life  and Mediterranean customs  including new tastes in food  drink  and dress. Whether from faith or by force  conversion had an immense impact that is with us even today  and it is Richard Fletchers achievement to make that impact felt and understood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789450567733,"sku":"ByrdShop_0805027637","price":25.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805027631.jpg?v=1784691957","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-barbarian-conversion-from-paganism-to-christianity-9780805027631","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}