The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey

The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World

Catherine Nixey with Lalla Ward (Narrator)

9 hours, 20 minutes first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy religion adventurous slow-paced

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The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion deliberately attacked and suppressed the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to 'one true faith'.Despite the long-held notion ...

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