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Peter Brown

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in Dublin, Ireland

July 28, 1935

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Peter Robert Lamont Brown FBA is an Irish historian. He is the Rollins Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. Brown is credited with having brought coherence to the field of Late Antiquity, and is often regarded as the inventor of said field. His work has concerned, in particular, the religious culture of the later Roman Empire and early medieval Europe, and the relation between religion and society.

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	Augustine of Hippo: A Biography 4.27 avg rating — 2,336 ratings — published 1967 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World of Late Antiquity 4.10 avg rating — 2,050 ratings — published 1971 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cult of the Saints. Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity 3.94 avg rating — 898 ratings — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph & Diversity 200–1000 4.17 avg rating — 741 ratings — published 1995 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD 4.29 avg rating — 701 ratings — published 2012 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity 4.26 avg rating — 439 ratings — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of Late Antiquity 3.74 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1976 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity. Towards a Christian Empire 4.14 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1988 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Authority & the Sacred. Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World 3.71 avg rating — 80 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity 4.04 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We assume the medium—our sensory perception—is constant, irrelevant, and transparent. We acknowledge that experience is happening but dismiss it, focusing instead on what we perceive as our “real” life. This is a mistaken conclusion. The nature of the medium is not just a backdrop; it’s compelling and filled with profound implications and meaning, far surpassing the content of the experiences it presents.”
― Peter Brown, Liberation Beyond Imagination: Discovering Spiritual Freedom Through the Truth of Experience

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