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The Rise of Western Christendom
Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000
Series: Making of Europe
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This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional colour images, and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European Christendom, Brown's vivid prose charts the compelling and tumultuous rise of an institution that came to wield enormous religious and secular power.
The Rise of Western Christendom offers a clear and vivid history of Christianity's rise and its pivotal role in the making of Europe. It is written by the celebrated Princeton scholar who originated the field of study known as 'late antiquity'.
This edition includes a fully updated bibliography and index.
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This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional colour images, and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European Christendom, Brown's vivid prose charts the compelling and tumultuous rise of an institution that came to wield enormous religious and secular power. The Rise of Western...Paperback$12800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
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The Rise of Western Christendom by Peter Brown is highly recommended for libraries, particularly those that do not have the second edition. It is seen as a valuable resource for lower-level undergraduates, advanced academic audiences, and general readers interested in religion and spirituality.
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ISBN: 9781118301265
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 January 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Edition: 10th Anniversary Revised Edition
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 33.0mm
Width: 150.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 862g
Pages: 720
About the Author
Peter Brown is Emeritus Professor of History at Princeton University. He is a celebrated scholar and author of numerous seminal historical works, which include Augustine of Hippo (1967, 2000), The World of Late Antiquity (1971), The Cult of the Saints (1982), The Body and Society (1988), Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire (1992), Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianization of the Roman World (1995), Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire (2002), and the forthcoming Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD (2012).
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