Bøger af Gregory I. Halfond

Few historians have argued so forcefully or persuasively as Bernard S Bachrach for the study of warfare as not only worthy of scholarly attention, but demanding of it. This title pays tribute to its honoree by gathering seventeen original studies from an international roster of leading experts in the military history of medieval Europe.

Following the dissolution of the Western Roman Empire, local Christian leaders were confronted with the problem of how to conceptualize and administer their regional churches. As Gregory Halfond shows, the bishops of post-Roman Gaul oversaw a transformation in the relationship between church and state. He shows that by constituting themselves...