In this work, Peter Brown presents a history of Roman society in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th centuries. He interprets the changes in social patterns and religious thought in an attempt to break away from conventional modern images of the period.

Peter Brown presents a masterly history of Roman society in the second, third, and fourth centuries. Brown interprets the changes in social patterns and religious thought, breaking away from conventional modern images of the period.

【作者简介】 彼得·布朗（Peter Brown），普林斯顿大学历史学荣休教授。他毕业于牛津大学，并曾于伦敦大学和加州大学伯克利分校任教。他对古代晚期这一研究领域做出了杰出贡献。他的著作尤其关注罗马帝国晚期和中世纪早期欧洲的宗教文化，以及宗教与社会的关系，作品包括：《希波的奥古斯丁》 《古代晚期的世界》《圣徒崇拜》《身体与社会》《西方基督教的崛起》《罗马帝国后期的贫困与领导》。 【译者简介】 王班班，德国海德堡大学“物质文本文化”研究中心助理研究员、古代史与碑铭学系博士研究生，主要研究领域为希腊碑铭学，译有《罗马：一个帝国的故事》。

This remarkable study in social and cultural change explains how and why the Late Antique world, between c. 150 and c. 750 A.D., came to differ from "Classical civilization." These centuries, as the author demonstrates, were the era in which the most deeply rooted of ancient institutions disappeared for all time. By 476 the Russian empire had vanished from western Europe; by 6...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 彼得·布朗（Peter Brown），普林斯顿大学历史学荣休教授。他毕业于牛津大学，并曾于伦敦大学和加州大学伯克利分校任教。他对古代晚期这一研究领域做出了杰出贡献。他的著作尤其关注罗马帝国晚期和中世纪早期欧洲的宗教文化，以及宗教与社会的关系，作品包括：《希波的奥古斯丁》 《古代晚期的世界》《圣徒崇拜》《身体与社会》《西方基督教的崛起》《罗马帝国后期的贫困与领导》。 【译者简介】 王班班，德国海德堡大学“物质文本文化”研究中心助理研究员、古代史与碑铭学系博士研究生，主要研究领域为希腊碑铭学，译有《罗马：一个帝国的故事》。

This remarkable study in social and cultural change explains how and why the Late Antique world, between c. 150 and c. 750 A.D., came to differ from "Classical civilization." These centuries, as the author demonstrates, were the era in which the most deeply rooted of ancient institutions disappeared for all time. By 476 the Russian empire had vanished from western Europe; by 6...(展开全部)

The extraordinary adaptability and durability of Greek culture in times of momentous change is revealed in this book, as G. W. Bowersock seeks to interpret Hellenism in a predominantly Christian world. In this effort he sheds new light on a late paganism that has often been seen as moribund and shows it to have been unexpectedly vigorous. Hellenism, comprising the language, tho...(展开全部)

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.

This remarkable study in social and cultural change explains how and why the Late Antique world, between c.150 and c.750 A.D., came to differ from 'Classical civilization'. These centuries, as the author demonstrates, were the era in which the most deep-rooted of ancient institutions disappeared for all time. By 476 the Roman empire had vanished from western Europe; by 655 the ...(展开全部)

This remarkable study in social and cultural change explains how and why the Late Antique world, between c. 150 and c. 750, came to differ from "Classical civilization." These centuries, as the author demonstrates, were the era in which the most deeply rooted of ancient institutions disappeared for all time. By 476 the Roman empire had vanished from western Europe; by 655 the P...(展开全部)