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Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire by Peter Brown (Paperback, 1992)

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Product Description : 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 Graecoroman Society In The New Christian Empire 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 This Transformation Of The Roman Empire From An Ancient To A Medieval Society He Argues Is Among The Most Farreaching Consequences Of The Rise Of Christianity