by PaulVeyne (Author)
This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention, managed, between 300 and 400 AD, to impose itself upon the whole of the Western world? In his erudite and inimitable way, Paul Veyne suggests three possible explanations.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
Publisher: Polity
Published: 19 Feb 2010
ISBN 10: 0745644988
ISBN 13: 9780745644981