Book Cover of Europe and the Faith

Europe and the Faith

by Hilaire Belloc

"The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith." Belloc looks first at the Roman Empire, then the place of the early Church inside that Empire, then the Empire's decline, which is represented by the devolution of central power from the Emperor to local administrators and landowners. Belloc is essentially a continuist, stressing that the barbarians had no desire to destroy the Empire - indeed were usually auxiliaries in its armies. As the central government weakened these men - often the former chiefs of Barbarian tribes as well as the officers of a barbarian legions - became known as reges, as kings. Civil offices which were once the object of election became hereditary rights. Nations formed around powerful landowners and so the political unity of the Empire fragmented into feudal states.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1920

Authors

Hilaire Belloc image

Hilaire Belloc

France, Britain

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a British-French writer and historian and one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. Belloc was also an orator, poet,...

Books by Hilaire Belloc

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

History of the Conquest of Mexico Cover image

History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott

Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;Round many western islands have I beenWhich bards in fealty to Ap...

Bible (ASV) 01: Genesis Cover image

Bible (ASV) 01: Genesis by American Standard Version

"Genesis (Greek: "birth", "origin") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah. It recounts the wor...

World’s Famous Orations, Vol. IV: Great Britain - II Cover image

World’s Famous Orations, Vol. IV: Great Britain - II by William Jennings Bryan

This volume, part of a larger collection of famous orations, focuses on speeches delivered by British figures between 1781 and the mid-19th century. T...

The Fifth Queen Crowned Cover image

The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford Madox Ford

It is a thrilling historical fiction novel that follows the story of Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England. This book, origin...

Early Church Collection Volume 1 Cover image

Early Church Collection Volume 1 by Various

This volume collects a variety of early Christian writings from the second to the fourth centuries. These texts offer insights into the beliefs, pract...

The Fifth Queen  Cover image

The Fifth Queen by Ford Madox Ford

The Fifth Queen is trilogy of historical novels by English novelist Ford Madox Ford comprising The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court (1906), Priv...

Comentarios Reales de Los Incas Cover image

Comentarios Reales de Los Incas by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

The Comentarios Reales de los Incas is an invaluable historical account of the Incan Empire, written by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, a descendant of bot...

Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate Cover image

Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate by Anne Askew

The Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate is a poem written by Anne Askew, a Protestant woman who was imprisoned and later exe...

The History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages, Volume 1 Cover image

The History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages, Volume 1 by Hartmann Grisar

"The History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages, Volume 1" by Hartmann Grisar takes you on a riveting journey through the complex and often myst...

Famous Assassinations Of History  Cover image

Famous Assassinations Of History by Francis Johnson

Covers assassinations in history from Philip of Macedon to Alexander I of Serbia, mostly focusing on the motives and intrigues. The author left out th...

Reviews for Europe and the Faith

No reviews posted or approved, yet...