Hardcover. Text with quite a bit of highlighting. Pages intact. Name address and price to front blank endpaper. Dust jacket intact unclipped with some crease, edgewear and light soiling. 133 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Excellent Empire: The Fall of Rome and the Triumph of the Church

Publisher

Harper & Row

Publication Date

1987

Language

English

ISBN 10

0062546368

ISBN 13

9780062546364

Binding

Hard Cover

Illustrator

Illustrated

Edition

1st.

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Good

Weight

14 ounces

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Social Sciences::History

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Synopsis

Renowned historian Jaroslav Pelikan details the reactions to the fall of Rome by the Church fathers, who set the pattern for interpreting this momentous event for succeeding centuries, & examines Gibbon's interpretation in the light of the original Christian response.
Preface
Introduction: The fall of Rome as historical paradigm
The social triumph of barbarism & religion
History as divine apocalypse
The register of human follies, crimes & misfortunes
The founding of the Christian empire
The inevitable effect of immoderate greatness
The terrestrial glory of an excellent empire
The inestimable gifts of Roman civilization
Notes
Index of Names

About the Author

Jaroslav Pelikan (1923-2006) was Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. He authored many books, including Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures through the Ages and Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition.

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