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First American edition. |
| Description |
xxiii, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [405]-416) and index. |
| Contents |
Thomas Aquinas and "the triumph of faith" -- The quest for certainty -- The quest for virtue -- Changing political contexts : Alexander and the coming of the Hellenistic monarchies -- Absorbing the East, Rome and the integration of Greek culture -- "All nations look to the majesty of Rome" : the Roman empire at its height -- The empire in crisis, the empire in recovery : political transformations in the third century -- Jesus -- Paul, "the founder of Christianity"? -- "A crowd that lurks in corners, shunning light" : the first Christian communities -- Constantine and the coming of the Christian state -- "But what I wish, that must be canon" : emperors and the making of Christian doctrine -- "Enriched by the gifts of matrons" : bishops and society in the fourth century -- Six emperors and a bishop : Ambrose of Milan -- Interlude : Quintus Aurelius Symmachus and the defence of paganism -- The ascetic odyssey -- Eastern Christianity and the emergence of the Byzantine Empire, 395-600 -- The emergence of Catholic Christianity in the West, 395-640 -- "We honour the privilege of silence which is without peril" : the death of the Greek empirical tradition -- Thomas Aquinas and the restoration of reason. |
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Civilization, Western.
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Christianity -- Influence.
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Church and state -- Europe -- History.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Civilization, Western -- Classical influences.
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Hellenism.
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Europe -- History -- To 476.
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Europe -- History -- 476-1492.
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Europe -- Intellectual life.
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| ISBN |
140004085X |
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