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.

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

  • The World of Late Antiquity

    Peter Brown, Geoffrey Barraclough

    Paperback, 1989

    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."
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, A, Paperback, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible and interactive.
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, B, Paperback, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible and interactive
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: with Sources

    Elizabeth Pollard, Clifford Rosenberg, Robert Tignor, Alan Karras, Jeremy Adelman, Stephen Aron, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Michael Tsin

    Second Ap® Edition, Paperback, 2021

    The most accessible textbook built around the AP World History curriculum.
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: with Sources

    Elizabeth Pollard, Clifford Rosenberg, Robert Tignor, Alan Karras, Jeremy Adelman, Stephen Aron, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Michael Tsin

    Second Ap® Edition, E Book, 2020

    The most accessible textbook built around the AP World History curriculum
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, Combined Volume, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible and interactive.
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, 1, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible and interactive.
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, 2, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible and interactive.
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, A, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, B, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible