The Rise of Western Christendom

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This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative texton Christianity's first thousand years of history features anew 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 riseof an institution that came to wield enormous religious and secularpower. * Clear and vivid history of Christianity'srise and its pivotal role in the making of Europe * Written by the celebrated Princeton scholar whooriginated of the field of study known as 'lateantiquity' * Includes a fully updated bibliography and index

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Peter Brown

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"Summing Up. Highly recommended. Especiallylibraries that lack the second edition; lower-level undergraduatesand above; general readers." (Choice, 1September 2013) "This book remains a classic, easily the most fascinatingintroduction to the field for anyone new to it, and alsocapable of forcing experts into taking on new ideas; a summation ofPeter Brown's mould-breaking work." - Chris Wickham,University of Oxford "Interpretations of late antiquity and of westernChristendom have changed dramatically in the last decade. Thisanniversary edition explains the changes with Peter Brown'scharacteristic brilliance and range of learning." -Gillian Clark, University of Bristol
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