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Charlemagne. Empire and society. Edited by Joanna Story. Pp. xix+330 incl. 9 ills. Manchester-New York: Manchester University Press, 2005. £16.99 (paper). 0 7190 7088 0; 0 7190 7089 9; REVIEWS; JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2006, Vol.57 (3), p.564 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Cambridge University Press Jul 2006 ;ISSN: 0022-0469 ;EISSN: 1469-7637

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    Charlemagne. Empire and society. Edited by Joanna Story. Pp. xix+330 incl. 9 ills. Manchester-New York: Manchester University Press, 2005. £16.99 (paper). 0 7190 7088 0; 0 7190 7089 9; REVIEWS; JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
  • Author: SCREEN, ELINA
  • Subjects: Christianity ; Church buildings ; Historical text analysis ; Justin (Justin Martyr) (100?-165?) ; Migration ; Postmodernism ; Protestant churches ; Religion ; Rites & ceremonies ; Sociology ; Theology ; Writers
  • Is Part Of: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2006, Vol.57 (3), p.564
  • Description: [...]the treatment of the material is extremely uneven, with worship not at all being the main focus of some chapters; the reader is left wondering whether sacred space, the spread of Christianity or modern mission is the real subject under scrutiny. [...]the work which promises to deliver beyond the text is in fact almost entirely based on secondary sources, some of which are now superseded. [...]of his behaviour in the Acts of the Apostles(viii.924), where he is rst mentioned as a sorcerer who oers Peter money in order to obtain his divine powers, Simon Magus name gave rise to the term simony. Alberto Ferreiro examines this tradition in many of its ramications. Besides appearing in the work of various church Fathers, such as Jerome and Vincent of Lrins, Simon Magus is to be found in medieval Ireland and England, notably in Aelfrics Passion sermon and the Blickling Homilies, and, as the original impostor, he was sucked into anti-Islamic polemics by Embrico of Mainz and other writers in the twelfth century (who drew an obvious comparison between the Prophets Night Journey and Simon Magus eorts to y).
  • Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0022-0469
    EISSN: 1469-7637
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
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