Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire (Curti Lecture Series) - Softcover

Brown, Peter

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9780299133443: Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire (Curti Lecture Series)
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ISBN 10: 0299133443 ISBN 13: 9780299133443
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1992

Synopsis

Peter Brown, perhaps the greatest living authority on Mediterranean civilization in late antiquity, traces the growing power of Christian bishops as they wrested influence from philosophers, who had traditionally advised the rulers of Graeco-Roman society.  In the new “Christian empire,” the ancient bonds of citizen to citizen and of each city to its benefactors were replaced by a common Christianity and common loyalty to a distant, Christian autocrat.  This transformation of the Roman empire from an ancient to a medieval society, he argues, is among the most far-reaching consequences of the rise of Christianity.

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About the Author

Peter Brown is the Rollins Professor of History at Princeton University.  He has also taught at Oxford University, the University of London, and the University of California.  Among his many books are The Body and Society, The Cult of the Saints, Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity, and Augustine of Hippo.

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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0299133443
ISBN 13 
9780299133443
Binding
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Number of pages
192
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