Freeman, Charles, 1947-
New York : Vintage Books, 2005, c2002.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-416) and index.
• Thomas Aquinas and the triumph of faith — The quest for certainty — The quest for virtue — Changing political contexts: Alexander and the coming of the Hellenistic monarchies — Absorbing the East, Rome and the integration of Greek culture — All nations look to the majesty of Rome : the Roman Empire at its height — The empire in crisis, the empire in recovery: political transformations in the third century — Jesus — Paul, the founder of Christianity ? — A crowd that lurks in corners, shunning the light : the first Christian communities — Constantine and the coming of the Christian state — But what I wish, that must be canon : emperors and the making of Christian doctrine — Enriched by the gifts of matrons : bishops and society in the fourth century — Six emperors and a bishop: Ambrose of Milan — Interlude: Quintus Aurelius Symmachus and the defence of paganism — The ascetic odyssey — Eastern Christianity and the emergence of the Byzantine Empire, 395-600 — The emergence of Catholic Christianity in the West, 395-640 — We honour the privilege of silence which is without peril : the death of the Greek empirical tradition — Thomas Aquinas and the restoration of reason.

Subjects:

• Civilization, Western.
• Christianity — Influence.
• Church and state — Europe — History.
• Church history — Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
• Church history — Middle Ages, 600-1500.
• Civilization, Western — Classical influences.
• Hellenism.
• Europe — History — To 476.
• Europe — History — 476-1492.
• Europe — Intellectual life.

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