Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity - The Hermetic Library Blog

Kent Navalesi reviews The Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity: Intellectual and Material Transformations [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Mark Letteney. (n.b. book is Open Access, and available as gratis download in full book PDF, and chapter by chapter in PDF and HTML, from the publisher.) Hardcover out now, paperback due June 2025. This […]

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A Sacred Kingdom - The Hermetic Library Blog

Kent Navalesi reviews A Sacred Kingdom: Bishops and the Rise of Frankish Kingship, 300-850 [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Michael Edward Moore, part of the Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law series It’s been a while since I finished this (long) book, so I’ll just leave a small blurb. A Sacred Kingdom […]

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Cities and the Meanings of Late Antiquity - The Hermetic Library Blog

Kent Navalesi reviews Cities and the Meanings of Late Antiquity [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Mark Humphries, part of the Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences and Brill Research Perspectives in Ancient History series In this compact volume for the Brill Research Perspectives series, Mark Humphries discusses the nature of cities in […]

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A Century of Miracles - The Hermetic Library Blog

Kent Navalesi reviews A Century of Miracles: Christians, Pagans, Jews, and the Supernatural, 312–410 [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by H A Drake In this clearly-argued and vividly-illustrated book, H.A. Drake takes a fresh look at a well-worn topic in late antique studies: the fourth-century transformation of the once-pluralistic Roman Empire into a self-consciously Christian, […]

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