The Christians: Their First Two Thousand Years; The Quest for the City A.D. 740-1100 Pursing the Next World, They Founded This One [Vol. 6]

This 6th volume of the series covers 360 years - from 740 to 1100. During these years four momentous developments take place. (1) The monk and the nun become the central figures of Christianity. (2) Eastern and Western Christianity divided, to the ultimate detriment of both. (3)The thorough conversion of the Slavic peoples and the establishment of Christianity across Eastern Europe. (5) Islamic forces took over more than half the Christain world at the point of the sword. Muslims fought for the next 300 years to finish off Christianity, conquering southern France, Sicily, Crete, the Aegean Islands and repeatedly attacking Rome itself.