When the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in AD 312 he changed the course of European history in a way that continues to have repercussions to the present day. Adopting those aspects ofthe religion that suited his purposes, he truned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world towards a culture based on the rule of fixed authority - whether that of the Bible, the writings of Ptolemy in astronomy, and of Galen and Hippocrates in medicine.
| ISBN-13: | 9780072348095 |
| ISBN-10: | 0072348097 |
| Publisher: | Irwin/McGraw-Hill |
| Publication date: | 1999-12 |
| Edition description: | 1 |
| Pages: | 377 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 10.7 Inches, Length: 8.9 Inches, Weight: 1.69976404002 Pounds, Width: 0.8 Inches |
| Author: | Sarah E. Hutchinson-Clifford, Glen J. Coulthard |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Spiral-bound |
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