The World of Late Antiquity is a 1971 book by historian
Peter Brown. The book was one of the first in the
anglophone world to consider
late antiquity
Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English ha ...
as a distinct historical era. In 2014, the
Folio Society republished an illustrated edition, with an introduction by historian
Christopher Kelly.
References
1971 non-fiction books
Works about classical antiquity
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