The World of Late Antiquity is a 1971 book by historian Peter Brown. The book was one of the first in the

anglophone Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the ''Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest language ...

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 The Folio Society is a London-based publisher, founded by Charles Ede in 1947 and incorporated in 1971. Formerly privately owned, it operates as an employee ownership trust since 2021. It produces illustrated hardback editions of classic fic ...

republished an illustrated edition, with an introduction by historian Christopher Kelly.

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1971 non-fiction books Works about classical antiquity {{Classics-book-stub