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List of Maps. Preface. Introduction. Part I: Empire and Aftermath: AD 200???500. 1. ???The Laws of Countries": Prologue and Overview. 2. Christianity and Empire. 3. Tempora Christiana: Christian Times. 4. Virtutes sanctorum . strages gentium: ???Deeds of Saints . Slaughter of Nations???. 5. On the Frontier: Noricum, Ireland, and Francia. Part II: Divergent Legacies: AD 500???750. 6. Reverentia, rusticitas: Caesarius of Arles to Gregory of Tours. 7. Bishops, City, and Desert: East Rome. 8. Regimen animarum: Gregory the Great. Part III: The End of Ancient Christianity: AD 600???750. 9. Powerhouses of Prayer: Monasticism in Western Europe. 10. The Making of a Sapiens: Religion and Culture in Continental Europe. and in Ireland. 11. Medicamenta paenitentiae: Columbanus. 12. Christianity in Asia and the Rise of Islam. 13. ???The Changing of the Kingdoms???: Christians under Islam. 14. Christianities of the North: Ireland. 15. Christianities of the North: The Saxons of Britain. 16. Micro–Christendoms. Part IV: New Christendoms: AD 750–1000. 17. The Crisis of the Image: The Byzantine Iconoclast Controversy. 18. Closing the Frontier: Frisia and Germany. 19. ???To Rule the Christian People???: Charlemagne. 17. In gear gagum: ???In Days of Yore???: Northern Christendom and its Past. Notes. Coordinated Chronological Tables. Bibliography: Primary Sources; Secondary Sources. Index.