The Church and Empire
Stewart J. Brown|Charlotte Methuen|Andrew Spicer
‘The Church and Empire’, the theme of Studies in History 54, reflects reality that from its beginnings, Christian has had close, often symbiotic, relationships with empires imperial power. Initially engaged Roman empire, subsequently Europe Carolingian Anglo-Norman, Genoese, Venetian Holy empires, later – through Church’s global expansion European Americas, Africa Asia Spanish Dutch French empire British structures they encountered there. Under presidency Professor Stewart J. Brown (Edinburgh), this volume brings together work scholars including Gillian Clark (Bristol), Rosamond McKitterick (Cambridge), Ruth Macrides (Birmingham) Ronald Po-Chia Hsia (Penn State) to explore relations Churches conceptions ancient, medieval, early modern periods, as well role Christianity.