Heartland Daily Podcast

In Episode 141 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Peter Heather, author ofChristendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Peter Heather, chair of medieval history at King's College, London, to discuss his new book, Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300. They chat about how a small sect of isolated and intensely committed congregations became a mass movement centrally directed from Rome, the Church’s chameleonlike capacity for self-reinvention, and how nothing was inevitable about Christianity’s rise and dominance in Europe. Get the book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/546307/christendom-by-peter-heather/Show Notes: City Journal: Edward Short – “Fair Triumph, or Foul?”https://www.city-journal.org/article/fair-triumph-or-foulLiterary Review: Costica Bradatan – “Onward Christian Emperors”https://literaryreview.co.uk/onward-christian-emperorsNew York Times: Paul Elie – “Looking at Early Christianity Through a Different Lens”https://www.nyti