Includes bibliographical references (p. 644-802) and index.

Introduction: Christendom, c. 600 / Peter Brown -- Foundations : peoples, places, and traditions -- Late Roman christianities / Philip Rousseau -- The emergence of Byzantine orthodoxy, 600--1095 / Andrew Louth -- Beyond empire I : eastern christianities from the Persian to the Turkish conquest, 604--1071 / Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev -- Beyond empire II : christianities of the Celtic peoples, 600--1100 / Thomas M. Charles-Edwards -- Germanic christianities, 600--1100 / Lesley Abrams -- Slav christianities, 800--1100 / Jonathan Shepard 406 -- Christianity in confrontation -- Christians and Jews, 600--c. 1100 / Bat-Sheva Albert -- The Mediterranean frontier : Christianity face to face with Islam / Hugh Kennedy -- Christians under Muslim rule / Sidney H. Griffith -- Latin and Greek Christians / Tia M. Kolbaba -- The northern frontier : christianity face to face with paganism / Ian N. Wood -- Christianity in the social and political order -- The Christian church as an institution / Thomas F.X. Noble -- Ascetism and its institutions / Anne-Marie Helvetius and Michel Kaplan -- Law and its applications / Janet L. Nelson -- The problems of property / Rosemary Morris -- Ideas and applications of reform, c. 600--c. 1100 / Julia Barrow -- Churches in the landscape / Dominique Iogna-Prat -- Christianity as lived experience -- Birth and death / Frederick S. Paxton -- Remedies for sins / Rob Meens -- Sickness and healing / Peregrine Horden -- Gender and the body / Lynda L. Coon -- Sacrifice, gifts, and prayers in Latin Christianity / Arnold Angenendt -- Performing the liturgy / Eric Palazzo 1408 -- Christianity : books and ideas -- Visions of God / Alain Boureau -- Orthodoxy and deviance / E. Ann Matter -- Making sense of the Bible, 600--1100 / Guy Lobrichon -- The Christian book in Medieval Byzantium / Leslie Brubaker and Mary B. Cunningham -- Saints and their cults / Julia M. H. Smith -- Last things / Jane Baun -- Conclusion: Christendom, c. 1100 / John H. Van Engen.