{"product_id":"9781509816071","title":"The Darkening Age : The Christian Destruction of the Classical World","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Nixey, Catherine, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 12\/06\/2018,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages, 16pp plates,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Pan Books,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: PAN MACMILLAN ,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: General \u0026amp; world history, Church history\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781509816071\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn The Darkening Age, Catherine Nixey tells the little-known - and deeply shocking - story of how a militant religion deliberately tried to extinguish the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in unquestioning adherence to the 'one true faith'. The Roman Empire had been generous in embracing and absorbing new creeds. But with the coming of Christianity, everything changed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis new faith, despite preaching peace, was violent, ruthless and intolerant. And once it became the religion of empire, its zealous adherents set about the destruction of the old gods. Their altars were upturned, their temples demolished and their statues hacked to pieces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBooks, including great works of philosophy and science, were consigned to the pyre. It was an annihilation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022646116505,"sku":"9781509816071","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781509816071.jpg?v=1602537038","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781509816071","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}