Through the eye of a needle wealth, the fall of Rome, and the making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD /

Brown, Peter, 1935-

Through the eye of a needle wealth, the fall of Rome, and the making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD / [electronic resource] : Peter Brown. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012. - xxx, 759 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Wealth, Christianity, and giving at the end of an ancient world -- pt. 2. An age of affluence -- pt. 3. An age of crisis -- pt. 4. Aftermaths -- pt. 5. Toward another world.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781400844531 (electronic bk.)




Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Wealth--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.


Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.


Electronic books.

BR162.3 / .B77 2012

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