The Rise of Western Christendom
Peter Brown
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Description for The Rise of Western Christendom
Paperback. This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity s first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 625 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 930.
This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color 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.
- Clear and vivid history of Christianity's rise and its pivotal role in the making of Europe
- Written by the celebrated Princeton scholar who originated of the field of study known as 'late antiquity'
- Includes a fully updated bibliography and index
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
625
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Making of Europe
Condition
New
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118301265
SKU
V9781118301265
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About Peter Brown
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Rise of Western Christendom
"Summing Up. Highly recommended. Especially libraries that lack the second edition; lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers." (Choice, 1 September 2013)