Peter Brown's The Rise of Western Christendom, Second Edition: A Review Essay
John Moorhead
Peter Brown, perhaps the world's leading scholar in field of late antiquity, has produced a substantially revised and expanded edition one his major books, drawing on vast volume recent work. This essay summarizes its central arguments, especially significance it attributes to developments away from Mediterranean seventh century, which together allow topic be seen compelling new light. It applauds sustained excellence Brown's prose, as well frame reference historical imagination. Some questions are raised concerning deployment sources, importance given north, ability make decisions that people credited with, coming Islam. That eminence is able relish appropriate effectively work appeared subsequent first this book tribute stature.
Journal of Religious History