Examines the nature of the changes that transformed the Christian world from the fourth to the end of the sixth century.

This book is concerned with one central historical problem: the nature of the changes that transformed the intellectual and spiritual horizons of the Christian

Sixteen essays explore the end of ancient Christianity

This volume brings together studies of a diverse collection of sources ù patristic texts, apocrypha, medicinal treatises, hagiography, pseudepigrapha, papyri,