For the first four years of his life, until World War II broke out in 1939, Brown spent every winter and spring in what was then the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Specializing in the transition from ancient to medieval times, as well as the rise of Christianity…īorn to Irish Protestants in 1935, Brown grew up on two of the continents that he has explored in a scholarly context, Europe and Africa. “Looking at the late antique world, we are caught between the regretful contemplation of ancient ruins and the excited acclamation of new growth,” he wrote in his 1971 book “The World of Late Antiquity.” Brown’s discovery of the era’s dynamism has driven his career. Or so scholars thought until history professor emeritus Peter Brown invented the field of late antiquity, which spans 250–800 A.D. The fall of the Roman Empire ushered in a dark age, replete with decay and barely worth studying. Ruby Shao profiles Peter Brown, “inventor of late antiquity:”
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |