The Power, the Body, the Holy: A Journey Through Late Antiquity with Peter Brown

The Power, the Body, the Holy: A Journey Through Late Antiquity with Peter Brown

Stofferahn, Steven A.

Comitatus Vol.29 (1998)

Introduction

Rarely has a historian of late antiquity attracted so much attention through his writings and lecture appearances as has Peter Brown. In the past three decades, few other scholars can claim to have challenged mainstream assumptions so consistently while replacing them with unique, plausible, and controversial alternatives. That he continues to do so today is a testament to both Peter Brown’s renown and scholarship.

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