Peter Brown
Irish historian (1935- ) · Ireland · On the map · Writers
Peter Robert Lamont Brown is an Irish historian. He is the Rollins Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. Brown is credited with having brought coherence to the field of Late Antiquity, and is often regarded as the inventor of said field.
Peter Brown is read about 109 times a day, in 26 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 109 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
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, The «Hellenes» amaze us because, although open to the spiritual disturbances of their age, they turned to ancient methods to find a solution to the anxieties of the present.
Plotinus he had attempted to deepen his knowledge of the exotic philosophy of the Persians and Indians.
[...] the model of Charlemagne's renewed Roman empire was not Augustus, but Justinian, the devout Catholic depicted in the mosaics of San Vitale.
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His work has concerned, in particular, the religious culture of the later Roman Empire and early medieval Europe, and the relation between religion and society.
The same award as Peter
Aleida AssmannBoth received Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for HistoryAlexander DemandtBoth received Ausonius Award
Joel MokyrBoth received Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History
Judith HerrinBoth received Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History
Hans-Joachim GehrkeBoth received Ausonius Award