With the blend of art and learning that is the hallmark of his work, Peter Brown here examines how the sacred impinged upon the profane during the first Christian millennium.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Peter Brown
EAN: 9780520068001
COUNTRY: United States
PAGES: 350
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PUBLISHED BY: University of California Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 1989-10-25
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GENRE: HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General
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General and world history, Ancient history, Social and cultural history, History of religion, Christianity
Peter Brown is Professor of History at Princeton University and author of, among other works, Augustine of Hippo: A Biography and The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity; he is General Editor of the series, The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, published by the University of California Press.
