Society And The Holy In Late Antiquity

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With the bl 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.

Author Biography: Peter Brown is Professor of History at Princeton University and author of, among other works, Augustine of Hippo: A Biography and The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity; he is General Editor of theseries, The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, ...

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Overview

With the bl 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.

Author Biography: Peter Brown is Professor of History at Princeton University and author of, among other works, Augustine of Hippo: A Biography and The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity; he is General Editor of theseries, The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, published by the University of California Press.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780520068001
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publication date: 10/1/1989
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 356
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.13 (h) x 0.88 (d)

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Peter Brown

Peter Brown is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. His Web site is somebrownstuff.com.

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