The Rise of Western Christendom

Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000

Peter Brown (Princeton University, USA)

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John Wiley & Sons Inc
01 February 2013

European history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Religion & beliefs; Church history

Series: Making of Europe

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

By: Peter Brown (Princeton University USA)
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 10th Anniversary edition
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9781118301265
ISBN 10: 1118301269
Series: Making of Europe
Pages: 712
Publication Date: 01 February 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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).

Reviews for The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000

Summing Up. Highly recommended. Especially libraries that lack the second edition; lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. (Choice, 1 September 2013)