The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000

Peter Brown

jun 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrado por Tom Parks

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This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European Christendom, Brown's vivid prose charts the compelling and tumultuous rise of an institution that came to wield enormous religious and secular power. - Clear and vivid history of Christianity's rise and its pivotal role in the making of Europe - Written by the celebrated Princeton scholar who originated of the field of study known as "late antiquity"

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Peter Brown is the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor Emeritus of History at Princeton University. He is the author of Through the Eye of a Needle (Princeton); The Rise of Western Christendom; The Ransom of the Soul; Treasure in Heaven; and many other books.

Since recording his first book for the Kansas Audio Reader Network in 1985, Tom Parks has enjoyed giving voice to stories. He has been nominated for Audie Awards and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards, and reviewers have described his performances as "conversational," "energetic," and "sincere."