#TurnPage - The darkening age
- 20somethingmedia
- Sep 15
- 1 min read
Title: The Darkening Age - The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
Author(s): Catherine Nixey
Year: 2017
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers (UK) / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (US)
ISBN: 978-0544800885
Description:
"The Darkening Age" is a history book that reveals the largely unknown and shocking story of how early Christians deliberately destroyed classical Greek and Roman cultures, contributing to the loss of classical knowledge.
It tells of militant Christianity's violent campaign against pagan religions, including the destruction of temples, statues, books, and persecution of non-Christians. The book is acclaimed for its bold narrative and has been recognized as a New York Times Notable Book of 2018, praised for its style and originality though it also received some criticism for its polemical viewpoint.
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