Book description
The Christianisation of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe, yet at the time it was a tentative and piecemeal process. Peter Brown's study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world' possible. He shows how contemporary…
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This engaging and delightfully written little book considers how we, as readers and “observers” of the changing Roman world, should think about the changes that came with Christian domination.
How do historians of the time—both Christian and non-Christian—try to “control the narrative” with literary motifs? How, on the other hand, can we be sure that the religion spread across the countryside? And what were those strange holy men doing?
From David's list on how ancients embraced Christianity late antiquity.
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