Peter R.L. Brown Quote
Without the tenacity of its gnarled, pre-Christian roots, modern Europe would have lacked the imaginative and intellectual roughage provided by an unresolved tension between the sacred and the profane. A Europe which grew only from Christian roots would have been a sadly anemic Europe.
Peter R.L. Brown
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About Peter R.L. Brown
Peter Robert Lamont Brown (born 26 July 1935) 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. 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.