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Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire (Curti Lecture Series)

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Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Peter Brown, perhaps the greatest living authority on Mediterranean civilization in late antiquity, traces the growing power of Christian bishops as they wrested influence from philosophers, who had traditionally advised the rulers of Graeco-Roman society.Â In the new â€œChristian empire,â€ the ancient bonds of citizen to citizen and of each city to its benefactors we More »

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[ 5.0 stars ] "I recently told a friend that I don't study history so as to avoid repeating it. That is an exercise in futility. I study history so that when it repeats, I can ride along in style.We live in a time when things are changing, perhaps more than they ever have in the history of man. The times are volatile, and there is no common footing, mutual understanding, the narratives have been destroyed, o ..." Courtesy by Amazon
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[ 5.0 stars ] "Truth telling is ordinarily irrelevant or annoying to power. Most media is mere echo chamber for the talking points of whatever power happens to be in. Similarly, for most Greeks and Romans of means, Demosthenes and Cicero were more fairytale figures in stories these peoples wanted to believe about themselves. We are familiar with many a golden age gone dross.The Emperor was the Decider. You m ..." Courtesy by Amazon
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[ 5.0 stars ] "Peter Brown is one of the greatest living historians of the 4th-6th centuries and this book is a fine example of the quality and incisive nature of his insights and writing.In four clear and concise chapters, Brown offers deeply clarifying and engaging examples of how the Roman Empire was "christianized:" not in moving closer to embodying the Way of Jesus Christ, but in shifting power from the old ..." Courtesy by Amazon
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[ 5.0 stars ] "Peter Brown, professor of History at Princeton University is the father of the field of Late Antiquity and this monograph is yet another invaluable contribution. While most people believe the popular fallacy that the Roman Empire was in a state of decline in the 4th Century, Professor Brown shows us the Roman state at the peak of its power. He discusses what bound the various local elite to the em ..." Courtesy by Amazon
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Available	Yes
Author	Peter Brown
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780299133443
Edition	1st
ISBN	0299133443
Label	University of Wisconsin Press
Manufacturer	University of Wisconsin Press
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NumberOfPages	192
PackageQuantity	1
ProductGroup	Book
ProductTypeName	ABIS_BOOK
PublicationDate	1992-10-15
Publisher	University of Wisconsin Press
Studio	University of Wisconsin Press
Title	Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire (Curti Lecture Series)

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