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The Rise of Western Christendom (10th Anniversary Revised Edition)

Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000

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The Rise of Western Christendom (10th Anniversary Revised Edition)

By: Peter Brown
Narrated by: 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"

©2013 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (P)2023 Tantor Ancient Christianity Europe History Medieval Ancient History

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I was so pleased to see Browns masterpiece on Audible. A thorough history of Eoorup and the Krishtns! Yes, that's how the reader pronounces those words. Peter Brown's speech is as poetic as his writings. A flowing English bard is Peter Brown. So you'd think an English voice would be a good idea. instead an American , and a heavy accent at that is reading this. I am still happy with the purchase. Every chapter is listed so you can brows the chapter easy.

I browsed, I saw, I bought!

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A story, a history which manages to cover a huge area of time culture and space in a detail which somehow manages not to overwhelm the listener, the total opposite. The only slight flaw is in the performance. Unfortunately the performer mangled the pronunciation of certain words, the majority of which could easily have been researched before hand. It was particularly hard to hear "Colimbanoose" and others such. That said it was read as if by somebody at ease with the subject which made it a flowing listen overall. I then went and bought the book to have as a reference volume and dig into.

Don't let the length scare you.

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