Encyclopedia of the Early Church

Summary: An unrivalled source of information about Early Christianity and late antiquity, from the earliest days of the Church, with particular coverage of the patristic period, to the period of John Damascene in the East and Bede in the West. Compiled by an internationally recognised team of 100 European and American scholars, the text is supplemented by a section of 44 coloured maps and over 300 pictures, many in colour. Re...ad the Foreword to the English Translation here See the List of Contributors here A companion to this work, the Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, edited by AndrC Vauchez, is also available. [read more]