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Caesars and saints / by Stewart Perowne M.A., F.S.A.
LIBRA - Rare DG298 .P4 1963 Potok copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perowne, Stewart, 1901-1989.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 191 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 31 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- [First American edition].
- Other Title:
- Caesars & saints the evolution of the Christian State, 180-313 A.D.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [1963]
- Contents:
- Roman summer
- Peace, perfect peace
- The philosopher soldier
- "And we are for the dark"
- Change and decay
- The Eastern West
- The many and the one
- Born of the spirit
- Choice and obedience
- "Iron and Rust"
- The proud pagan
- Church and State
- "Hail, O Light"
- Father and sons
- Caracalla
- Syrian sunset
- The long night
- Millennium
- Fire and steel
- Nadir
- Towards the dawn
- Despair and hope
- Dayspring.
- Notes:
- "First American Edition 1963."
- Map of Roman Empire in the 2nd and 3rd centuries on lining papers.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok March 1965 New York".
- OCLC:
- 403818
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