The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World

By Nixey, Catherine

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9780544800885. 9780544800939.
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Houghton Harcourt


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Reviewed on January 26, 2018  |  Nonfiction

In her debut, Times (UK) journalist Nixey boldly challenges the conventional narrative of the happy triumph of early Christianity by telling the story from the perspective of those whom the Church defeated. Her gripping, albeit sometimes sensationalistic, revisionist popular history calls into question the standard accounts of topics such as monasticism, the Roman persecution of Christians, and martyrdom while vividly portraying the tragedies of people...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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