The Rise of Western Christendom, Peter Brown
The Rise of Western Christendom, Peter Brown
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The Rise of Western Christendom
Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000

Author: Peter Brown

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 26 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/06/2023

Synopsis

This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface 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"

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, The World of Late Antiquity, The Cult of the Saints, The Body and Society, Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire, Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianization of the Roman World, Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire, and Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joshua on February 07, 2016

I am a history major studying at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Originally, after graduating with my associates I intended to study classical history dealing with the Greek and Roman civilizations. My first semester at UIS I took a class on Late Antiquity and it this was book and his fir......more

Goodreads review by Tim on September 20, 2023

After years of intending to read this classic piece of ground-breaking scholarly synthesis, I've finally had the pleasure of finishing this revised tenth anniversary edition. It's a sign of a great book when you find that things you've thought for many years need to be rethought thanks to the convin......more

Goodreads review by Domhnall on February 07, 2017

Prestige and links with the past counted greatly for such rulers. There were still many pasts from which they could choose. P343 There is a certain symmetry to this excellent book. Its introduction is worth reading in its own right as a mighty survey of recent historical work that has debunked a gre......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on June 22, 2011

Peter Brown’s book The Rise of Western Christendom is an effort to tell the story of how the Pax Romana gave way to the medieval Catholic order in Western Europe. Coming in at around 500 pages, the book is a bit of a beast to read. Brown’s goal is to capture the “complexity” of Europe’s transformati......more

Goodreads review by M on November 02, 2018

truly super comprehensive and a great flair for the anecdote......more

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