The Making of Christian Communities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

This book is a collection of essays based on lectures read at a conference sponsored by the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. It includes such topics as: "The Disruptive Impact of Christianity in the Later Roman Empire"; "Seed-Sowers of Peace: the Uses of Love and Friendship in the Court of Charlemagne"; "The Reforming Abbots of Rheims, 1131", and "When Jesus did the Dishes: Jean Gerson and the Cult of Saint Joseph."

Mark F. Williams is professor of classical languages at Calvin College.