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Few historians have been as prolific or game-changing as Peter Brown, who has largely been credited with bringing coherence to the field of Late Antiquity. In one of his most recent books, The Ransom of the Soul, he traces the development of Christian ideas of the afterlife.
Few historians have been as prolific or game-changing as Peter Brown, who has largely been credited with bringing coherence to the field of Late Antiquity. In one of his most recent books, The Ransom of the Soul, he traces the development of Christian ideas of the afterlife.
