Peter Brown

Peter Brown (Ph.D. Oxford University) is the Rollins Professor of History at Princeton University. He previously taught at London University and the University of California, Berkeley. He has written on the rise of Christianity and the end of the Roman empire. His works include: Augustine of Hippo (1967); The World of Late Antiquity (1972); The Cult of the Saints (1981); Body and Society (1988), The Rise of Western Christendom (1995 and 2002); Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire (2002). He is presently working on issues of wealth and poverty in the late Roman and early medieval Christian world.

Books by Peter Brown

  1. Book CoverThe World of Late Antiquity


    This remarkable study in social and cultural change explains how and why the Late Antique world, between c. 150 and c. 750 A.D., came to differ from "Classical civilization."More

  2. Book CoverWorlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present

    Second Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume

    True to its title, this uniquely integrated text highlights the stories and themes in world history that tied cultures and regions together, and in some cases, drove them apart.More

  3. Book CoverWorlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World: From the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present

    Third Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume

    The most global approach to world history, now more streamlined and accessible.More