Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian

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

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 were replaced by a common Christianity and common loyalty to a distant, Christian autocrat.Â This transformation of the Roman empire from an ancient to a medieval society, he argues, is among the most far-reaching consequences of the rise of Christianity.
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Brand University of Wisconsin Press
Manufacturer University of Wisconsin Press
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EANs 9780299133443
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Country	USA
Brand	University of Wisconsin Press
Manufacturer	University of Wisconsin Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780299133443
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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